Family | RHAMNACEAE |
Genus species | Phylica propinqua Sond. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 1: 496 (1860) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 100-1200m |
Description | leaves patent, shortly petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, adaxially nitid, abaxially tomentose, flowers in subspherical head, bracts of involucre oblong, acute |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months, cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |