Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Langebergia canescens (DC.) Anderb. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Petalacte canescens DC. |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 1000-1600m |
Description | leaves obovate-oblong, thin, white tomentose, brown mucronate, capitula in sparse corymb, involucral bracts loosely lanate, with brown, glabrous, ovate tip |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°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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