Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Gnidia wickstroemiana Meisn. |
Bibliography | Linnaea 14: 434 (1840) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. to Free State |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 1000-2100m |
Description | branchlets short, rigid, leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, acute, adpressed sericeous-hirsute, flowers in small terminal heads, calyx lobes oblong, obtuse |
Size | 30-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gnidia stricta Wikstr. Passerina stricta Thunb. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, OFS Free State) |