Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Peliostomum calycinum N.E.Br. |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 390 (1894) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal to Transvaal and Swaziland |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 100-1200m |
Description | branchlets glabrous, leaves alternate, linear, acuminate, sessile, glabrous, carnose, bracts linear, acute, glabrous, flowers axillary, tubular-infundibuliform |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | blue, violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |