Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum spodiophyllum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 34: 83 (1975) |
Native Range | South Africa to Swaziland |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1400-2100m |
Description | stems silvery sericeous, leafy, basal leaves linear, flat, acute, amplexicaule, grey lanate, stem leaves to 2cm, lanceolate, upwards smaller, capitula numerous in corymb |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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 spring |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |