Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum adenocarpum DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 15-3050m |
Description | leaves in rosette, oval, ca. 4cm long, silvery lanate, stem leaves small, imbricate, capitula ca. 25mm across, outer phyllaries petaloid, red and rose |
Size | 10-45cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in spring |
Territory |
Africa
South Tropical Africa (Zimbabwe ) Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Lesotho , KwaZulu-Natal , Free State , Swaziland , Northern Provinces ) Australasia Australia (New South Wales , South Australia , Tasmania , Victoria) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
adenocarpum ammophilum Hilliard, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32(3): 343 (1973)
|