Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Wahlenbergia ecklonii H.Buek |
Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [C.F.Ecklon & K.L.P.Zeyher] 3: 380 (1837) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 5-3400m |
Description | leaves crowded in lower part, linear, acuminate, entire, margins thickened, flowers in panicle, calyx subspherical, lobes linear, corolla tubular |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Campanopsis ecklonii (H.Buek) Kuntze Campanula ecklonii (H.Buek) D.Dietr. Campanula swellendamensis (H.Buek) D.Dietr. Wahlenbergia dregeana A.DC. Wahlenbergia ecklonii var. gracilis Sond. Wahlenbergia ecklonii var. pentamera (A.DC.) Sond. Wahlenbergia macra Schltr. & Brehmer Wahlenbergia pentamera A.DC. Wahlenbergia saxifraga A.DC. Wahlenbergia swellendamensis H.Buek Wahlenbergia turbinata A.DC. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |