Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum marginatum DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2400-3355m |
Description | leaves in rosette, 4cm long, coriaceous, green, with white lanate margins, capitula solitary, 3-4cm across, inner involucral bracts at base red variegate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | snowy white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub, carpet |
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 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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