Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Alepidea thodei Dümmer |
Bibliography | Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 3: 20 (1913) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1400-3300m |
Description | basal leaves long petiolate, oblong-ovate, sinuate-dentate, at margins aristate, umbels large, showy, 30mm in diam., bracts 10-15, unequal, white, in the middle blue-black |
Size | 15-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible rosette cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |