Family | RHAMNACEAE |
Genus species | Phylica velutina Sond. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 1: 487 (1860) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 50-900m |
Description | branchlets virgate, pubescent, leaves subimbricate, linear, acute, rigid, margins revolute, adaxially sericeous, abaxially tomentose, floral bracts lanate, spike oblong |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months, cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |