Family | ACANTHACEAE |
Genus species | Ruellia baurii C.B.Clarke |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 5(1): 13 (1901) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | long white hirsute, leaves triangular, obtuse, tapered to petiole, bracts oblong, flowers axillary, calyx lobes equal, linear, tube of corolla ventricose, corolla ca. 3cm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |