Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio tortuosus DC. trib. Senecioneae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 5-900m |
Description | densely ramose, glabrous, branchlets flexuous, leaves cuneate-obovate, coarsely dentate, long petiolate, capitula solitary, involucre glandular, scabrous, ligules short |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, 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, 16-21°C 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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