Trachyandra saltii VIPP 7-22-19 Native to western Madagascar

Native to western Madagascar

sometimes dusted with silver trichomes

The color is muted pink with ivory mottling

A hybrid of unreported parentage

A scarce plant in collections differs from typical stricta in having fewer

Trachyandra saltii VIPP 7-22-19 Native to western MadagascarAn unusual African plant with an upright growing rhizome topped with a tuft of grass like leaves. Native to Eastern Africa, from Yemen to South Africa and Namibia in rocky grasslands, often in frequent fire zones and is considered a pyrophyte. The plants grow in full sun on well drained soils from sands to degraded granite, producing tall spikes with white flowers in Fall in the northern hemisphere. The unbranched caudex like stem can reach two inches