Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Streptocarpus micranthus C.B.Clarke |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(2): 440 (1904) |
Native Range | Swaziland to Transvaal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1100-1800m |
Description | leaves ovate-oblong, thin, crenate, sparsely hirsute, scapes thin, ramose, cymes to 30-flowered, calyx glandular, corolla broadly infundibuliform, to 5mm; monocarpic |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | white |
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) |