Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Sebaea repens Schinz |
Bibliography | Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 219 (1894) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 1800-2900m |
Description | leaves broadly ovate or subreniform, obtuse, carnose, subsessile, cymes 1-3-flowered, subsessile at apex of leafy shoots, corolla lobes 6-8mm long, oblong, obtuse |
Size | 3-6cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Sebaea evansii N.E.Br. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |