Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Streptocarpus comptonii Mansf. |
Bibliography | Z. Bot. 32: 326 (1938) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal to Transvaal and Swaziland |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | leaves minute, orbiculate or elliptic, shallowly crenate, hirsute, peduncles thick, 4-10-flowered, calyx glandular, sepals narrowly lanceolate, corolla to 2cm long |
Size | 7-25cm |
Color | pale blue-violet |
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 in late summer; leaf cuttings in summ |
Synonyms | Streptocarpus polyanthus ssp. comptonii (Mansf.) Hilliard |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |