Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum albobrunneum S.Moore trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Helichrysum setigerum H.Bolus |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1700-3355m |
Description | leaves in rosettes, 3-8cm, densely grey-white lanate, lanceolate, capitula broadly campanulate, solitary, terminal, involucral bracts shiny white, with dark apex |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | procumbent subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Lesotho , KwaZulu-Natal , Free State) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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