Family | RHAMNACEAE |
Genus species | Phylica plumosa L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 195 (1753) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 10-700m |
Description | branchlets pubescent, leaves lanceolate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially tomentose, margins revolute, floral bracts lanate, plumose, patent, long, spikes oblong, calyx minutely hirsute |
Size | 15-90cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months, cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Phylica commelini Spreng. Phylica pumila H.L.Wendl. ex Willd. Walpersia squarrosa C.Presl |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |