Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Felicia comptonii Grau trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 352 (1973) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-1500m |
Description | branchlets densely leafy, glabrous, leaves alternate, oblanceolate, entire, thick, glabrous, obtuse, uninerved, capitula solitary, obscurely pedunculate, involucre glabrous |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |