Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Streptocarpus galpinii Hook.f. |
Bibliography | J. Hort. Cottage Gard. ser. 3, 23: 388 (1891) |
Native Range | Swaziland to Transvaal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 900-2000m |
Description | leaf ovate, subentire, hirsute, peduncles many flowered, calyx lobes linear-oblong, glandular-hirsute, corolla 3cm long, symmetrical, broadly infundibuliform; monocarpic |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | blue |
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 division in spring and late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |