Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pteronia acuta Muschl. trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 99 (1911) |
Native Range | Namibia to Free State |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 1100-1200m |
Description | branchlets glabrous, ramose, leaves opposite, sessile, linear or narrowly lanceolate, acute, at base truncate, entire, densely white tomentose, capitula solitary, sessile |
Size | 15-22cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia, OFS Free State) |