Accession Data

Hebenstretia dura

Common Name: Cat's tail, Slugwort

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Country of Origin: Eastern Cape to the Northern Province

Description: 100-400mm perennial herb with narrow leaves, terminal spikes of orange throated white flowers in early summer.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8b-10

Accession #: 200100530

Accession Date: 2001-09-01 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2114

Quantity: 2

Source: John Silander ex Nat. Bot. Inst.

Culture: Sow seed in spring.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Lamiales

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Tribe: Limoselleae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. Info from Seed Packet
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 21 May 2015.
  3. Hebenstretia dura from PlantzAfrica. Accessed 21 May 2015.

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