Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Crassothonna capensis (L.H.Bailey) B.Nord. trib. Senecioneae |
Synonyms | Othonna capensis L.H.Bailey |
Othonna crassifolia Harv. | |
Othonna filicaulis Eckl. ex Harv. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 20-1200m |
Description | glabrous, branchlets irregularly ramose, leaves linear-oblong, acute or mucronate, subverticillate, capitula few in corymb |
Size | 12-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
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 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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