Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Felicia echinata (Thunb.) Nees trib. Astereae |
Synonyms | Pteronia echinata Thunb. |
Aster echinatus (Thunb.) Less. | |
Felicia paralia DC. | |
Habitat | thickets and heaths |
Altitude | 0-155m |
Description | leaves dense, sessile, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, acerose-mucronate, patent, glabrous, ciliate-serrate, capitula in corymb, ca. 3cm, involucral bracts acuminate |
Size | 30-90cm |
Color | bluish purple, white |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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