Family: Pedaliaceae
Scientific Name: Ceratotheca triloba
Common Name: African Foxglove
| Description | A tender perennial grown as an annual. |
| Pronunciation | (sir-at-oh-THEE-kah)(try-LOW-bah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 9-11 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average, drought tolerant |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained |
| Flowers | shades of white to pink, foxglove-like, 5 lobes, bottom longer, blooms from bottom up, sparse spikes |
| Leaves | gray green foliage |
| Dimensions | 3 plus feet tall, 1 plus feet wide, the more water the taller the plant |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Native to South Africa and tropical Africa. |
| Misc Facts | The genus Ceratotheca means having horns. From the Greek kerato-horned and theke-capsule. |
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