Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Gnidia humilis Meisn. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 14: 586 (1857) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 60-900m |
Description | branchlets laxly hirsute, slender, leaves opposite, sessile, oblong, acute, long hirsute, flowers of two, terminal or solitary, axillary, calyx infundibuliform |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |