Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Dischisma leptostachyum E.Mey. |
Bibliography | Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 251 (1838) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 600-800m |
Description | branchlets hirsute, leaves linear, obtuse, entire, subglabrous, flowers numerous in elongate spike, bracts acuminate, calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, pubescent |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy 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) |