Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum archeri Compton trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 19: 315 (1931) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | branchlets grey lanate, leaves imbricate, 2-5mm, linear, obtuse, weakly curvate, semiamplexicaule, grey lanate, capitula campanulate, 5mm, solitary, phyllaries long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, reddish |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |