Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Sebaea natalensis Schinz |
Bibliography | Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 442 (1896) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho and Swaziland |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 100-2200m |
Description | leaves opposite, sessile, ovate or suborbiculate, to 13mm long, cuneate to cordate, entire, flowers in compact corymb, corolla ca. 1cm |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | biennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C |
Synonyms | Sebaea imbricata A.W.Hill Sebaea rudolfii Schinz Sebaea vitellina Schinz |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |