Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Streptocarpus daviesii N.E.Br. ex C.B.Clarke |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(2): 439 (1904) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal to Swaziland |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 400-1800m |
Description | leaf ovate-oblong, crenate, hirsute, inflorescence 10-15cm long, many flowered, calyx lobes shorter than tube, triangular, corolla 3cm long, corolla lobes unequal |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C division in spring and late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, SWZ Swaziland) |