Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Jamesbrittenia aurantiaca (Burch.) Hilliard |
Bibliography | Edinburgh J. Bot. 49: 227 (1992) |
Native Range | Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 1050-3000m |
Description | stems ramose, thin, procumbent, leafy, glandular hirsute, leaves frondose, fasciculate, adaxially shiny glandular, flowers solitary, axillary |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | orange red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Buchnera aurantiaca Burch. Chaenostoma aurantiacum (Burch.) Thell. Lyperia multifida Benth. Manulea multifida (Benth.) Kuntze Sutera aurantiaca (Burch.) Hiern |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAM Namibia, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |