Family | RHAMNACEAE |
Genus species | Phylica thodei E.Phillips |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 362 (1925) |
Native Range | Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal and Free State |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-2400m |
Description | very ramose, branchlets densely, adpressed, grey velutinous-hirsute, leaves crowded, 7-9mm, patent, margins revolute, adaxially scabrous, flowers 4mm in small terminal fascicles |
Size | 20-90cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months, cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Phylica grisea Markötter |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |