Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Chaenostoma calycinum Benth. |
Bibliography | Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 374 (1836) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-2000m |
Description | subglabrous, leaves opposite, sublinear, obtuse, sessile, dentate, 1-3cm, flowers numerous in terminal compact raceme, calyx lobes linear-subulate, corolla broadly infundibuliform |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Sutera calycina (Benth.) Kuntze Sutera calycina var. laxiflora Hiern Sutera polysepala Hiern |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |