Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Selago pinguicula E.Mey. |
Bibliography | Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 255 (1838) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 600-1300m |
Description | branchlets sparsely pubescent, leaves fasciculate, oblong-linear, obtuse, minutely pilose, flowers in oblong, short spikes, bracts ovate-oblong, calyx lanate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Selago ovata Rolfe Selago robusta Rolfe |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |