Family | RUTACEAE |
Genus species | Macrostylis hirta E.Mey. ex Sond. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 1: 441 (1860) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 300-500m |
Description | branchlets hirsute, leaves subimbricate, sessile, patent, cordate, acute, flat, glabrous, flowers very shortly pedicellate, crowded in head, petals barbate |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy 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) |