Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum fleckii S.Moore trib. Gnaphalieae |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 800-2500m |
Description | leaves 4-20mm, linear-spathulate, acute, very shortly decurrent, thinly grey lanate, capitula sessile and solitary or in small terminal clusters |
Size | 2-30cm |
Color | white, rose, red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rounded shrub |
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 |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Namibia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
fleckiI viscidissimum (Hutch.) Merxm., Mitt. Bot. Staatssaml. München 20: 3 (1984)
fleckii volkii Merxm., ibid.
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