Falkia repens

Falkia repens

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Common Names

White Carpet (english)
Oortje’s (afrikaans)

Taxonomy

Family CONVOLVULACEAE
Genus Falkia
Species repens
SA Plant Number
Basionym Falkia repens

Description

Falkia repens is a hardy, evergreen, flat, mat-forming, perennial groundcover with lovely rounded leaves.

It bear large, white to pinkish paper-like flowers (like miniature poppies) from September. to December. Grows in sun or shade and takes both normally irrigated and quite wet areas. 

Wonderful to plant between stepping-stones or as a useful filler or edging plant. Allow to trail over the edges of containers for a beautiful effect.

The flowers attract tiny insects to the garden that are useful to feed lizards and frogs.

Size 8cm

Wildlife

Uses

Distribution

Eastern Cape, Western Cape


Habitat:
Along rivers and streams, Damp coastal flats and seeps, Damp grassland, Vlei or vlei margin

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