Family | RUTACEAE |
Genus species | Agathosma capitata Sond. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 1: 434 (1860) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. (Piketberg) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | alluvial gravel |
Altitude | 600-900m |
Description | branchlets subglabrous, leaves imbricate, lanceolate-triquetrous, obtuse, sharply carinate, ciliate, glabrous, inflorescence capitate, calyx lobes lanceolate |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Agathosma capituliformis Dümmer Hartogia capitata (Sond.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |