Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Sebaea thodeana Gilg |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 96 (1898) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 2100-3475m |
Description | leaves spathulate, to 4cm long, crowded at base of stem, flowers 5-10 in dense head, corolla with short tube, lobes 7mm, rounded, anthers conspicuously red-brown |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |