Family | OLEACEAE |
Genus species | Menodora heterophylla var. australis Steyerm. |
Bibliography | Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 127 (1932) |
Native Range | se. Botswana to Transvaal |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 1000-1500m |
Description | stems sulcate, leaves alternate, entire or tripartite, shortly broadly petiolate, segments lanceolate-linear, the middle largest, sepals linear, corolla lobes obtuse |
Size | 7-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, TVL Northern Provinces) |