Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Wahlenbergia oxyphylla A.DC. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 7: 427 (1839) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 200-1600m |
Description | branchlets densely hirsute, densely leafy, leaves patent, ovate-acuminate or lanceolate, rigid, spinose, on both faces hirsute, flowers tubular in panicle |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Campanopsis oxyphylla (A.DC.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |