Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
Genus species | Psammotropha alternifolia Killick |
Bibliography | Bothalia 6: 445 (1954) |
Native Range | Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3000-3300m |
Description | leaves scattered on stem and crowded at apex, elliptic-oblong, 2-4mm, margins white, shortly mucronate, flowers in umbel, supported by bracts, sepals oblong |
Size | 2-7cm |
Color | yellow-white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |