Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum drakensbergense Killick trib. Gnaphalieae |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 1500-2800m |
Description | branchlets often rooting, ramose, grey-white, in lower part leafy, leaves grey lanate, spathulate, capitula 4mm in dense flattened head, 20-25mm wide, phyllaries pale yellow |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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