Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Othonna undulosa (DC.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Bothalia 40: 39 (2010) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to sw. Namibia |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 30-1100m |
Description | glabrous, ramose, stems sulcate, leaves cordate, amplexiacule, broadly ovate, sharply mucronate, 3-nerved, entire, capitula solitary, pappus yellow-violet |
Size | 10-18cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division of resting tubers |
Synonyms | Doria chromochaeta DC. Doria diversifolia DC. Doria undulosa DC. Othonna chromochaeta (DC.) Sch.Bip. Othonna diversifolia (DC.) Sch.Bip. Othonna perfoliata var. undulosa (DC.) Sch.Bip. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |