Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Selago saxatilis E.Mey. |
Bibliography | Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 269 (1838) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1300-2300m |
Description | branchlets minutely pubescent, leaves in approximate fascicles, linear or oblong-linear, obtuse, subglabrous, spikes minute, capitate, dense, producing elongated panicle |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Walafrida basutica E.Phillips Walafrida saxatilis (E.Mey.) Rolfe |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, OFS Free State) |