Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum capense Hilliard trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Eriosphaera apiculata DC. |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 600-1500m |
Description | stems grey-white appresed lanate, densely leafy, leaves linear, acute, mucronate, grey-white lanate, capitula 3-4mm, in small corymbose clusters, surrounded by leaves |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | cushion |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; 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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