Common name: Bergklapperbos, Wild Clove Bush
Family: Montiniaceae
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Country of Origin: South Africa
Description: 1.5m shrub with blue-green leaves, white flowers Autumn-spring; distinctive split seed capsule. Montinia caryophyllacea is the sole member of its genus and is found throughout the SW Cape and also in the E. Cape, and Namaqualand through to S Angola.
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 8
Source: Silverhill Seeds
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Culture:
Sow Autumn
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Solanales
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- Family: Montiniaceae
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References:
- Descriptive text adaped from Silverhill Seeds online catalogue
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 05, 2017.
- Montinia caryophyllacea at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 05, 2017.
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