Author: |
Henri Hua &
John Isaac Briquet, 1900 |
Family: |
LAMIACEAE |
Origin: |
Angola,
Burundi, Cameroon, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia,
Zaïre, Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
5-7
Centimetres |
Height: |
4-50
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
White |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
- |
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'. |