Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Phagnalon garamantum Maire trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 185 (1929) |
Native Range | s. Algeria (Hoggar) |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1500-1800m |
Description | young branchlets glandular-hirsute, leaves on both faces green, the basal obovate-lanceolate, attenuate to petiole, the upper linear, margins revolute, capitula 10-13mm across |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | yellow-purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria) |