Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Genus species | Muraltia lancifolia Harv. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 1: 108 (1860) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 50-1500m |
Description | branchlets numerous, thin, minutely pubescent, leaves fasciculate, lanceolate, acuminate, acerose, thin and flat, margins scabrous, glabrous, flowers subsessile |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | purple |
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 | Heisteria lancifolia Kuntze Heisteria pilosa Kuntze Muraltia pilosa DC. Muraltia tenuifolia Meisn. Polygala pilosa Poir. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |