Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Felicia cymbalariae (Aiton) Bolus & Wolley-Dod ex Levyns trib. Astereae |
Synonyms | Aster cymbalariae Aiton |
Aster antirrhinifolius Salisb. | |
Felicia brachyglossa (Cass.) Cass. | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 200-1900m |
Description | branchlets pubescent or hirsute, leaves opposite, long petiolate, ovate or oblong, crenate or dentate, capitula long pedunculate, phyllaries linear, acute |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | blue, white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
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
cymbalariae ionops (Harv.) Grau, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 491 (1973)
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