Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Felicia nigrescens Grau trib. Astereae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 300-350m |
Description | stems ramose, densely leafy, glabrous, blacken, leaves opposite, at base connate, ovate or lanceolate, ca. 6mm, glabrous, margins scabrous, capitula solitary, pedunculate |
Size | 4-6cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem decumbent |
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 division in spring; cuttings in spring and 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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