Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Colpias mollis E.Mey. ex Benth. |
Bibliography | Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 53 (1836) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 300-1000m |
Description | branchlets densely pilose, leaves numerous, ovate-deltate, acuminate, at base truncate, dentate or incised, petiolate, flowers solitary, axillary, 20-25mm long |
Size | 2-20cm |
Color | sulphur yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |