Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Chaenostoma denudatum Benth. |
Bibliography | Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 375 (1836) |
Native Range | s. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 200-1000m |
Description | leaves opposite, crowded, linear, acute, sessile, entire or denticulate, minutely glandular, flowers pedicellate in raceme, calyx hispid, glandular, corolla infundibuliform |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | summer |
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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 |
Synonyms | Sutera denudata (Benth.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |