Helichrysum citrispinum Delile


Family	ASTERACEAE
Genus species	Helichrysum citrispinum Delile trib. Gnaphalieae
Synonyms	Helichrysum spinosum Sch.Bip.
Habitat	scree and moraines
Altitude	subalpine-alpine
Description	grey lanate, yellow spinose, leaves linear, to 1cm long, crowded at apex of branchlets, capitula 1cm across, with patent, petaloid bracts
Size	25-35cm
Color	white
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	shrub
Cultivation	gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade
Propagation	seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer
Territory	Africa Northeast Tropical Africa (Ethiopia ) East Tropical Africa
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	ASTERACEAE Helichrysum citrispinum Delile, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2. 20: 93 (1843) Synonyms: Gnaphalium citrispinum (Delile) Schweinf. & Aschers. ============================================================================= citrispinum typicum ined. Synonyms: Helichrysum newii gunnae Engl. Helichrysum spinosum Sch.Bip. Ethiopia 24 ETH alpine-subalpine citrispinum aberdaricum (R.E.Fr.) Hedberg, Symb. Bot. Upsal. 15: 205 (1957) Basionym: Helichrysum aberdaricum R.E.Fr., Acta Horti Berg. 9: 133 (1928) Kenya 25 KEN alpine citrispinum armatum (Mattf.) Hedberg, ibid. Basionym: Helichrysum armatum Mattf., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59(4, Beibl. 133): 14 (1924) Synonyms: Helichrysum acanthophorum R.E.Fr. Kenya, Uganda 25 KEN UGA alpine citrispinum hoehnelii (Schweinf. ex Engl.) Hedberg, ibid. Basionym: Helichrysum hoehnelii Schweinf. ex Engl., Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1891: 426 (1892) Ethiopia, e. Tropical Africa 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA