Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Manulea platystigma Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 37: 315 (1979) |
Native Range | Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 2900-3300m |
Description | leaves 2-8cm long, thick, acute, tapered to long, flat, petiolate base, finely glandular hirsute, inflorescence long, flowers 9-12mm in fascicles of 2-3 |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (LES Lesotho) |