Status:
valid
                
                
                    
Authors:
Rolfe
                
                
                    
Source:
tro
                
                
                    
Year:
1894
                
                
                    
Citation Micro:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot.  4: 35 (1894)
                
                
                    
WFO Identifier:
wfo-0001139128
                
             
            
            
                
                
                
            
            
            
                                    
                        Common Names
                        
                        - Selago whyteana
- Whyteana Selago
- Whyteana Flower Selago
 
                                
                
                    
                    
                    
                
                
                
                
                                                    
                        Description
                        
                            Selago whyteana (also called Whyte's Selago, among many other common names) is an evergreen shrub native to South Africa. It has a woody stem and oval-shaped leaves. It grows in dry grasslands and rocky slopes.                        
                     
                                
                                    
                        Uses & Benefits
                        
                            Selago whyteana is used as an ornamental plant in gardens and as a ground cover. It is also used to attract birds and butterflies.                        
                     
                                
                                                    
                        Flower, Seeds and Seedlings
                        
                            Selago whyteana has small, white flowers with five petals. The seeds are small, round and black. The seedlings have long, thin stems and small, oval-shaped leaves.                        
                     
                                
                
                
                                                    
                        Where to Find Selago whyteana
                        
                            Selago whyteana can be found in South Africa.                        
                     
                
                
                                    
                        Species in the Selago genus
                        
                            Selago prostrata, 
Selago zuluensis, 
Selago venosa, 
Selago welwitschii, 
Selago valliscitri, 
Selago variicalyx, 
Selago scabribractea, 
Selago oppositifolia, 
Selago nigromontana, 
Selago parvibractea, 
Selago procera, 
Selago perplexa, 
Selago pustulosa, 
Selago gossweileri, 
Selago florifera, 
Selago elsiae, 
Selago gloiodes, 
Selago dolosa, 
Selago dolichonema, 
Selago marlothii, 
Selago mediocris, 
Selago crassifolia, 
Selago cupressoides, 
Selago baurii, 
Selago bilacunosa, 
Selago alopecuroides, 
Selago angolensis, 
Selago albomontana, 
Selago adenodes, 
Selago chalarantha, 
Selago heterotricha, 
Selago huilana, 
Selago griquana, 
Selago michelliae, 
Selago leptothrix, 
Selago myriophylla, 
Selago mucronata, 
Selago karooica, 
Selago intermedia, 
Selago inconstans, 
Selago neglecta, 
Selago abietina, 
Selago albida, 
Selago capituliflora, 
Selago aspera, 
Selago atherstonei, 
Selago barbula, 
Selago bolusii, 
Selago distans, 
Selago brevifolia,                         
 
                     
                                                    
                        Species in the Scrophulariaceae family
                        
                            Alonsoa acutifolia, 
Alonsoa auriculata, 
Alonsoa caulialata, 
Alonsoa hirsuta, 
Alonsoa honoraria, 
Alonsoa linearis, 
Alonsoa meridionalis, 
Alonsoa minor, 
Alonsoa pallida, 
Alonsoa peduncularis, 
Alonsoa serrata, 
Alonsoa unilabiata, 
Ameroglossum pernambucense, 
Ameroglossum manoel-felixii, 
Ameroglossum alatum, 
Ameroglossum asperifolium, 
Ameroglossum bicolor, 
Ameroglossum fulniorum, 
Ameroglossum genaroanum, 
Ameroglossum intermedium, 
Ameroglossum xukuruorum, 
Androya decaryi, 
Antherothamnus pearsonii, 
Anticharis arabica, 
Anticharis ebracteata, 
Anticharis glandulosa, 
Anticharis imbricata, 
Anticharis inflata, 
Anticharis juncea, 
Anticharis scoparia, 
Anticharis senegalensis, 
Anticharis namibensis, 
Anticharis kaokoensis, 
Anticharis angolensis, 
Aptosimum albomarginatum, 
Aptosimum arenarium, 
Aptosimum decumbens, 
Aptosimum elongatum, 
Aptosimum eriocephalum, 
Aptosimum glandulosum, 
Aptosimum gossweileri, 
Aptosimum indivisum, 
Aptosimum lineare, 
Aptosimum marlothii, 
Aptosimum molle, 
Aptosimum neglectum, 
Aptosimum patulum, 
Aptosimum procumbens, 
Aptosimum pumilum, 
Aptosimum spinescens,                         
 
                     
                                
                                    
                        References
                        
                            POWO record for urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:813473-1: Govaerts R (ed.). 2023. WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants [Version 11]. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [WWW document] URL http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ [accessed 20 April 2023].