Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Tetragonia verrucosa Fenzl |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 2: 465 (1962) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 30-900m |
Description | branchlets thick, rigid, lower leaves ovate-oblong, the other oblong, lanceolate or linear, obtuse, winged petiolate, flowers axillary, sessile, solitary, small |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |