Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arrowsmithia sororis (Compton) N.G.Bergh trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Macowania sororis Compton |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2100-3000m |
Description | aromatic, young branchlets densely leafy, leaves to 13mm, imbricate, shiny, adaxially scabrous, glandular-hirsute abaxially lanate, margins involute, capitula pedicellate |
Size | 10-90cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (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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