Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum nudifolium var. pilosellum (L.f.) Beentje trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium pilosellum L.f. |
Helichrysum latifolium (Thunb.) Less. | |
Helichrysum pilosellum (L.f.) Less. | |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 30-2800m |
Description | leaves basal, broadly ovate, acute, 15-50mm, adaxially scabrous-hirsute, abaxially white pilose, 5-9-veined, scape lanate, capitula 5mm across in cyme |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
South Tropical Africa (Zambia , Zimbabwe ) Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Lesotho , KwaZulu-Natal , Free State , Swaziland , Northern Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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