Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Othonna undulosa (DC.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt trib. Senecioneae |
Synonyms | Doria undulosa DC. |
Othonna chromochaeta (DC.) Sch.Bip. | |
Othonna diversifolia (DC.) Sch.Bip. | |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 30-1100m |
Description | glabrous, ramose, stems sulcate, leaves cordate, amplexiacule, broadly ovate, sharply mucronate, 3-nerved, entire, capitula solitary, pappus yellow-violet |
Size | 10-18cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division of resting tubers |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Namibia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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