Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Genus species | Muraltia acerosa Harv. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 1 (Add.): 20 (1860) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets virgate, minutely tomentose, leaves fasciculate, narrowly subulate, glabrous, acerose, pale yellow-green, flowers minute, sessile, sepals lanceolate, petals linear |
Size | 8-16cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | 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) |