Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Monopsis scabra (Thunb.) Urb. |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 274 (1880) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 0-1800m |
Description | branchlets scabrous, leaves sessile, opposite, linear, sparsely pilose, margins revolute, scabrous, patent, flowers axillary, long pedicellate, calyx obconical |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | yellow, blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Cyphia simplex Spreng. ex C.Presl Dobrowskya dregeana C.Presl Dobrowskya polyphylla C.Presl Dobrowskya scabra (Thunb.) A.DC. Dobrowskya scabra var. dregeana (C.Presl) Sond. Dobrowskya thunbergiana C.Presl Dortmanna scabra (Thunb.) Kuntze Lobelia scabra Thunb. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |