Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Stoebe fusca (L.) Thunb. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 170 (1800) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 200-1400m |
Description | very ramose, leaves linear, revolute, mucronate or obtuse, spirally distorted, arachnose-hirsute, capitula in small terminal clusters or in short oblong spikes |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white, pink-violet |
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, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Achyrocline tamariscina Schrank Seriphium fuscum L. Seriphium fuscum var. oligocephalum Sch.Bip. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |