Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Gibbaria scabra (Thunb.) Norl. trib. Calenduleae |
Bibliography | Stud. Calenduleae 1: 360 (1943) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 100-800m |
Description | branchlets sericeous-hirsute, leaves alternate, linear, curvate, acuminate, sulcate, scabrous-ciliate, capitula small, terminal, solitary, radiate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Anaglypha aspera (Thunb.) DC. Gibbaria bicolor Cass. Osteospermum scabrum Thunb. Xerothamnus ecklonianus DC. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |