| Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
| Genus species | Monopsis lutea (L.) Urb. |
| Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 276 (1880) |
| Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 0-1100m |
| Description | glabrous or sparsely hirsute, leaves lanceolate, serrate, acute, flowers subsessile on apex of stems, producing lax spike, bracts dentate, calyx obconical, corolla hirsute |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | deep yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C division in spring and fall; basal cuttings in spring |
| Synonyms | Dortmanna breynii (Lam.) Kuntze Dortmanna lutea (L.) Kuntze Dortmanna lutea var. euphrasioides (Sond.) Kuntze Lobelia breynii Lam. Lobelia ericoides (C.Presl) D.Dietr. Lobelia lutea L. Monopsis arenaria E.Wimm Monopsis lutea var. ericoides (C.Presl) Urb. Monopsis lutea var. euphrasioides (Sond.) Urb. Monopsis lutea var. subcoerulea Zahlbr. Parastranthus capitatus (C.Presl) A.DC. Parastranthus ericoides (C.Presl) A.DC. Parastranthus euphrasioides A.DC. Parastranthus luteus (L.) DC. Parastranthus luteus var. capitatus (C.Presl) Sond. Parastranthus luteus var. ericoides (C.Presl) Sond. Parastranthus luteus var. euphrasioides Sond. Parastranthus simplex G.Don Rapuntium breynii (Lam.) C.Presl Rapuntium capitatum C.Presl Rapuntium ericoides C.Presl Rapuntium luteum (L.) Chaz. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |