Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Streptocarpus pusillus Harv. ex C.B.Clarke |
Bibliography | Monogr. Phan. [A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle] 5: 149 (1883) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1200-2700m |
Description | leaf solitary, ovate, 10-25cm long, sometimes with 1-few leaflets at base, corolla tubular, with five broad petals, 2-3cm long; monocarpic |
Size | 5-18cm |
Color | bright lilac, white |
Bloom | 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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |