Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pulicaria mauritanica Coss. trib. Inuleae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 22: 61 (1875) |
Native Range | w. Sahara |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1800m |
Description | sericeous-hirsute, basal leaves petiolate, oblong, sinuate, dentate, stem leaves lanceolate, amplexicaule, capitula solitary, long pedicellate, 3-4cm, involucre subspherical |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco, WSA Western Sahara) |