Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Lobelia preslii A.DC. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 7(2): 358 (1839) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-3000m |
Description | pubescent, leaves petiolate, cordate, suborbiculate, obtuse, lobate, petiole flat, flowers in few-flowered, unilateral raceme, pedicellate, calyx lobes linear, acute, erect |
Size | 10-60cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C division in spring and fall; basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Lobelia preslii f. glabra E.Wimm. Rapuntium cordatum C.Presl |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |