Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Felicia nordenstamii Grau trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 336 (1973) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 50-170m |
Description | branchlets adpressed long white hirsute, leaves dense, alternate, narrowly obovate, to 1mm long, entire, uninerved, adaxially glabrous, abaxially hirsute, capitula large |
Size | 15-50cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |