Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Phygelius aequalis Harv. ex Hiern |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(2): 213 (1904) |
Native Range | Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 900-2700m |
Description | branchlets quadrangular, leaves cordate, dentate, petiolate, flowers in long, branched inflorescence, corolla ca. 4cm long, anthers exserted, sepals acute |
Size | 50-100cm |
Color | red, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |