AEOLLANTHUS SUBACAULIS
Author:
Henri Hua & John Isaac Briquet, 1900
Family:
LAMIACEAE
Origin:
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 2: 68 (1900)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
5-7 Centimetres
Height:
4-50 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Plectranthus subacaulis Baker, 1895.
Icomum subacaule, Burkill & White, 1900.
Icomum lineare, Burkill, 1900 = Aeollanthus subacaulis var. linearis. O. Ryding.
Aeollanthus subacaulis var. ericoides, Ryding.
This member of the Lamiaceae family was given this name by Henri Hua and John Isaac Briquet in 1900 and the sub-species by O. Ryding in 1986. It's from Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe. The caudex can reach seven centimetres in diameter. The vines should reach for four to 50 centimetres. The flower are white, and seeds seems to be the only way of reproducing. The genera is named after the Greek god; Aiolos; god of winds, and 'anthos' means flower. The species name means 'almost without stem'. The juvenile leaves on a plant from Specks.
Flower
White
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
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