Family | CONVOLVULACEAE |
Genus species | Falkia repens Thunb. |
Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Pl.: 17 (1781) |
Native Range | Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 0-1200m |
Description | glabrous, leaves orbiculate or broadly ovate, 5-10mm, cordate, obtuse or emarginate, long petiolate, flowers solitary, pedicellate, calyx glabrous, corolla 8-15mm long |
Size | 2-10cm |
Color | white, pinkish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Convolvulus falckia Thunb. Falkia dichondroides Baker Falkia diffusa (Choisy) Hallier f. Falkia repens var. diffusa Choisy Falkia repens var. minuta Choisy Falkia repens var. sericea Hallier f. Falkia repens var. villosa (Hallier f.) Baker Falkia villosa Hallier f. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia, OFS Free State) |