Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum trilineatum DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 192 (1838) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-3355m |
Description | branchlets tomentose, leaves sessile, crowded, linear or oblong, obtuse, abaxially lanate, capitula in dense cluster at apex of branchlets, phyllaries oblong |
Size | 15-90cm |
Color | bright yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium alveolatum (DC.) Sch.Bip. Gnaphalium trilineatum (DC.) Sch.Bip. Helichrysum alveolatum DC. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |