Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Wahlenbergia huttonii (Sond.) Thulin |
Bibliography | Symb. Bot. Upsal. 21(1): 129 (1975) |
Native Range | Burundi to South Africa |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 30-2300m |
Description | rootstock woody, leaves narrow, crowded, spreading, sessile, flowers 6-10mm across, sessile, in small terminal clusters, petals deeply emarginate |
Size | 10-45cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Lightfootia corymbosa Kuntze Lightfootia huttonii Sond. Lightfootia lycopodioides Mildbr. |
Territory | 2 Africa 23 West-Central Tropical Africa (BUR Burundi) 25 East Tropical Africa (TAN Tanzania) 26 South Tropical Africa (MLW Malawi) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |