| Author: | Heinrich
Gustav Adolf Engler, 1897 |
| Family: |
PEDALIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Ethiopia,
Kenya, Somalia, Sudan |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium -
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
10 Centimetres |
| Height: |
30 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Bright
Yellow - Orange / Dark Red |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Narrow
Leaf Pterodiscus |
| Synonyms: |
Pterodiscus intermedius, Engl.
Pterodiscus somaliensis, Baker ex Stapf
Pterodiscus wellbyi, Stapf. |
This member of the Pedaliaceae family was
given this name by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1897. It is found in
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan, growing in a well
drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The
bright yellow to orange flowers sometimes have a red or purple
centre. The caudex can grow to ten centimetres in diameter while the
annual stems reach 30 centimetres in height.
The genera name from Latin
ptero; 'winged' and Latin discus; 'disc'. The species
name after Prince Eugenio Ruspoli, 1866-1893, an Italian nobleman,
explorer and plant collector. |
