Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Wahlenbergia fasciculata Brehmer |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 92 (1915) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1400-2500m |
Description | stem solitary, simple, leaves short, narrow, fasciculate, flowers 15mm across, sessile, crowded in axills of upper leaves |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | 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, uncovered, light, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Wahlenbergia fasciculata var. pilosa Brehmer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |