Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Zaluzianskya ovata (Benth.) Walp. |
Bibliography | Repert. Bot. Syst. 3: 307 (1844) |
Native Range | South Africa |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-3250m |
Description | branched, densely leafy, leaves coarsely dentate, flowers crowded; otherwise akin to Z. distans |
Size | 20-45cm |
Color | orange, white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 | Nycterinia ovata Benth. Zaluzianskya montana Hiern |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |