Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum confertum N.E.Br. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew. 1895: 25 (1895) |
Native Range | n. KwaZulu-Natal to se. Free State |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1800-3355m |
Description | leaves in rosettes, 1-2cm, tapered to short, petiolate base, rounded, adaxially greyish, abaxially white lanate, capitula subsessile, 8-16mm across, solitary |
Size | 7-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |