Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
Genus species | Psammotropha alternifolia Killick |
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 | carpet |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Lesotho , KwaZulu-Natal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | MOLLUGINACEAE
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