Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arrowsmithia pulvinaris (N.E.Br.) N.G.Bergh trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Macowania pulvinaris N.E.Br. |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 1200-3000m |
Description | young branchlets densely leafy, leaves to 2cm, adaxially green, scabrous-glandular, abaxially white lanate, margins involute, at apex broadly acute, capitula pedunculate |
Size | 40-90cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Lesotho , KwaZulu-Natal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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