Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Aptosimum procumbens (Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud. |
Bibliography | Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 114 (1840) |
Native Range | Botswana to South Africa and Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 150-2750m |
Description | stems procumbent, leaves shiny, narrowly spathulate, long petiolate, corolla large, sessile, inside whitish |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | bright blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Aptosimum depressum (L.f.) Burch. ex Benth. Aptosimum depressum var. benthamii Harv. Ohlendorffia procumbens Lehm. Ruellia depressa L.f. Russelia depressa Walp. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |