Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Oedera oppositifolia (DC.) N.G.Bergh trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Phytotaxa 344: 121 (2018) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Free State |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 600-1800m |
Description | branchlets glabrescent, viscid, leaves opposite, linear, revolute, obtuse, adaxially tomentose, abaxially strigose, capitula sessile at apex of lateral, short, leafy branchlets |
Size | 10-90cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
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, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Nestlera levynsae Hutch. Nestlera oppositifolia (DC.) DC. Nestlera prostrata Harv. Polychaetia oppositifolia DC. Rosenia angustifolia Compton Rosenia oppositifolia (DC.) K.Bremer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, OFS Free State) |