Accession Data

Montinia caryophyllacea

Common Name: Bergklapperbos, Wild Clove Bush

Family: Montiniaceae

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.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8

Accession #: 200100493

Accession Date: 2001-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2112

Quantity: 2

Source: Silverhill Seeds

Culture: Sow Autumn

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Solanales

Family: Montiniaceae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Descriptive text adaped from Silverhill Seeds online catalogue
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 05, 2017.
  3. Montinia caryophyllacea at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 05, 2017.

Images

Montinia caryophyllacea