Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Selago spinea Link |
Bibliography | Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 123 (1822) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 200-300m |
Description | branchlets pubescent, leaves not fasciculate, crowded, linear, obtuse, minutely hirsute, spikes oblong, dense, bracts lanceolate, acute, ciliate, calyx lanate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Selago pinea Link ex Walp. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |