Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Genus species | Muraltia rigida E.Mey. ex Turcz. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(II): 357 (1855) |
Native Range | nw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-1500m |
Description | branchlets glabrous, acerose, leaves few, sessile, scattered, linear-oblong, flat, thick, carnose, obtuse, sepals elliptic-oblong, obtuse, flowers minute |
Size | 5-40cm |
Color | whitish |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Heisteria rigida Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |