Horwoodia Dicksoniae seed Khozama plant seed
LATIN NAME: Horwoodia dicksoniae
COMMON NAME: Khozama
The khozama is the white cross of the desert, and the small, four-petalled flowers open in the loose clusters above the grey-green leaves. The low, rounded, woody-based, perennial plant carries the narrow, grey-green, slightly fleshy leaves and the small, white or pale-pink, four-petalled flowers in the loose, branching clusters through the warm season, one of the fine, delicate sights of the desert garden. The plant is a fine, rare presence of the dry collection and the gravel bed. It is a plant of the open, sunny, sharp-draining ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The khozama is a rare subject of the plant science, and the white crosses keep showing up in the work on the desert crucifers. The way the plant stands the heat and the dry ground of its warm valleys has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the desert crucifers, the rare Arabian plants and the members of the cabbage family. The narrow, grey-green leaves and the low, rounded habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the khozama is a regular subject of the work on the white crosses of the dry world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The khozama is a fine, rare plant of the dry collection and the gravel bed. The small, white or pale-pink, four-petalled flowers open in the loose clusters through the warm season, one of the fine, delicate sights of the desert garden, drawing the small bees, and the grey-green leaves hold the neat, low mound through the year. The plant stands the heat, the drought and the poor, rocky ground with the ease, and it is one of the fine choices for the desert garden, the gravel bed and the rare-plant collection. It has been written up in the botanical and the horticultural papers for the white crosses and the rare, dry ways, and it is a fine, rare plant of the open, sunny, sharp-draining garden.
Water very little once the plants are settled, for the khozama likes the dry ground of the desert.
To grow the khozama from seed, sow the small, round seeds just below the surface of a pot of sterile, free-draining soil, keep the pot in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings thread up within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the sharp-draining ground, the white crosses will open through the warm season.
Nom commun : KhozamaSyn. : Malcolmia musiliiFamille : BrassicacéesOrigines : Asie subtropicale (Arabie, Koweit, Jordanie, Israel, Irak). Annuelle parfois pubescente (haut : 10-40 cm). Feuilles basales et caulinaires, alternes, oblongues, aux marges lobées à pinnatifides. Fleurs actinomorphes et bisexuées, avec 4 sépales libre, 4 pétales libres, spatulés et pourpres (long : 15 mm), groupées en racème terminal. Silicules orbiculaires et ailées.