Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cladochaeta candidissima DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 245 (1838) |
Native Range | Caucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | densely white tomentose, leaves alternate, sessile, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 2-5cm, capitula cylindrical, 1cm long, 15-20 in dense corymb |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cladochaeta caspica Sosn. ex Grossh. Cladochaeta velutina Anderb. Gnaphalium campestre Schrank ex DC. Gnaphalium candidissimum M.Bieb. Helichrysum candidissimum (M.Bieb.) D.Don ex G.Don |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) |