Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Gnaphalium gnaphalodes (DC.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Amphidoxa gnaphalodes DC. |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 20-600m |
Description | stems thinly lanate, leaves sessile, oblong-spathulate, mucronate, sinuate, arachnose, capitula shortly pedicellate, involucre campanulate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem decumbent |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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