Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Craterocapsa montana (A.DC.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 323 (1973) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Lesotho and Free State |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 1200-1900m |
Description | leaves crowded, opposite, obovate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, remotely denticulate, at base ciliate, flowers solitary, terminal, calyx glabrous, corolla infundibuliform |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Campanopsis montana (A.DC.) Kuntze Wahlenbergia basutica E. Phillips Wahlenbergia montana A.DC. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, OFS Free State) |