Helichrysum asperum (Thunb.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt


Family	ASTERACEAE
Genus species	Helichrysum asperum (Thunb.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt trib. Gnaphalieae
Synonyms	Stoebe aspera Thunb.
	Helichrysum ericifolium (Salisb.) Less.
	Helichrysum laxum E.Mey. ex DC.
Habitat	rocky slopes
Altitude	120-1200m
Description	branchlets glabrous or lanate, leaves linear, sessile, patent, obtuse, margins revolute, lanate or glabrous, capitula sessile, crowded of 3-6, at apex of branchlets
Size	15-40cm
Color	white, reddish
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	shrub
Cultivation	sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagation	seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer
Territory	Africa South Tropical Africa (Zimbabwe ) Southern Africa (Cape Provinces)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	ASTERACEAE Helichrysum asperum (Thunb.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 34(1): 79 (1975) Basionym: Stoebe aspera Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 170 (1800) Synonyms: Seriphium asperum (Thunb.) Pers. 120-1200m ============================================================================= asperum typicum ined. Synonyms: Astelma lineare D.Don Gnaphalium ericifolium Salisb. Gnaphalium ericoides L. Gnaphalium laxum Sch.Bip. Gnaphalium metalasoides Sch.Bip. Helichrysum ericifolium (Salisb.) Less. Helichrysum ericoides (L.) D.Don ex G.Don Helichrysum laxum E.Mey. ex DC. Stoebe aspera Thunb. Zimbabwe, Cape Prov. 26 ZIM 27 CPP asperum albidulum (DC.) Hilliard, Fl. S. Africa [L.E.W.Codd & al., eds.] 33(7.2): 127 (1983) Basionym: Helichrysum ericifolium albidulum DC. Cape Prov., Namibia 27 CPP NAM asperum appressifolium (Moeser) Hilliard, ibid. Basionym: Helichrysum ericifolium appressifolium Moeser e. Cape Prov. 27 CPP asperum comosum (Sch.Bip.) Hilliard, ibid. Basionym: Helichrysum comosum Sch.Bip., Flora 27(2): 678 (1844) Synonyms: Gnaphalium comosum (Sch.Bip.) Sch.Bip. Cape Prov., KwaZulu-Natal 27 CPP NAT asperum glabrum Hilliard, ibid. e. & w. Cape Prov. 27 CPP