Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Wahlenbergia decipiens A.DC. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 7: 427 (1839) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 15-330m |
Description | stems scabrous, leaves linear, acuminate, spiny, rigid, denticulate, flowers in racemose panicle, calyx glabrous, lobes revolute, rigid, acute, corolla tubular, lobes linear |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Campanopsis decipiens (A.DC.) Kuntze Wahlenbergia longisepala Brehmer Wahlenbergia longispicata Dinter |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |