Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Anthospermum ecklonis Sond. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 3: 32 (1865) |
Native Range | wc. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 100-500m |
Description | branchlets and leaves scabrously pubescent, leaves opposite, revolute, lanceolate, mucronulate, abaxially whitish, flowers 4-merous, axillary, crowded, corolla scabrous |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
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. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Anthospermum dregei ssp. ecklonis (Sond.) Puff |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |