Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Selago namaquensis Schltr. |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 189 (1899) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 90-800m |
Description | leaves fasciculate, lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, minutely pubescent, spikes oblong, numerous, producing narrow, compact panicle at apex of branchlets, bracts elliptic |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |