Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Centella glabrata L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl., ed. 2: 1393 (1763) |
Native Range | Mozambique to Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 5-2000m |
Description | sparsely tomentose or glabrous, leaves petiolate, oval or lanceolate, acute, peduncles fasciculate, filiform, umbels 3-5-flowered, petals glabrous, involucral bracts 2, ovate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white, violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Centella bupleurifolia (A.Rich.) Adamson Centella chamissonis Drude Hydrocotyle bupleurifolia A.Rich. Hydrocotyle centella Cham. & Schltdl. Hydrocotyle falcata Eckl. & Zeyh. Hydrocotyle glabra Thunb. Hydrocotyle glabrata (L.) L.f. Hydrocotyle heterophylla Schinz Hydrocotyle montana E.Mey. ex Sond. Hydrocotyle plantaginea Spreng. Hydrocotyle villosa Thunb. ex Sond. |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (MOZ Mozambique) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |