Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Stachys obtusifolia MacOwan |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1893: 13 (1893) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-2200m |
Description | leaves subsessile, elliptic, broadly rounded, at base subcordate, softly lanate, whorls 3-6-flowered, remote, in spike, calyx campanulate, flowers 6-8mm long |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | brownish yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, 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) |