Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Dischisma tomentosum Schltr. |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 189 (1899) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 700-1200m |
Description | branchlets tomentose, leaves dense, linear, obtuse, flowers in compact, wide spike, bracts elliptic-oblong, tomentose, calyx lobes linear, acute, ciliate |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |