Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Selago thomii Rolfe |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 5(1): 171 (1901) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1000m |
Description | leaves crowded, linear, obtuse, carinate, hirsute, spikes oblong, dense, 2-3cm long, bracts linear, acute, calyx pubescent, corolla lobes subequal, oblong |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |