Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Knowltonia tenuifolia (L.f.) Mosyakin |
Bibliography | Ukrayins‘k. Bot. Zhurn. 75: 232 (2018) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 150-1850m |
Description | stems densely leafy, leaves bi- or tripinnate, segments petiolate, cuneate, trilobate or tripartite, petiole lanate, flowers 1-2, floral scapes below lanate, sepals sericeous |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | pink, pale violet |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 10-13°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Anemone arborea Loisel. Anemone capensis (L.) Lam. Anemone capensis var. tenuifolia (L.f.) Harv. Anemone tenuifolia (L.f.) DC. Atragene capensis L. Atragene tenuifolia L.f. Atragene tenuis Thunb. Clematis capensis (L.) Poir. Clematis tenuifolia (L.f.) Poir. Knowltonia pulsatilloides Christenh. & Byng. Pulsatilla africana Spreng. Pulsatilla capensis (L.) Steud. Pulsatilla tenuifolia (L.f.) Spreng. Pulsatilloides capensis (L.) Starod. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |