Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Selago galpinii Schltr. |
Bibliography | J. Bot. 35: 281 (1897) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2600m |
Description | branches pubescent, leaves crowded, linear, green-grey in youth, then green and glabrous, flowers small, in compact terminal panicle, corolla tubular, pentamerous |
Size | 15-50cm |
Color | dark lilac |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Selago cooperi Rolfe Selago sandersonii Rolfe Selago schlechteri Rolfe |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |