Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Osmitopsis afra (L.) K.Bremer trib. Anthemideae |
Bibliography | Bot. Not. 125: 30 (1972) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 300-1200m |
Description | greyish hirsute, leaves lanceolate-linear, apically sharply dentate, in lower part floral stems dense, apically smaller and remote, capitula solitary, involucre lanate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, 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, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Anthemis afra L. Anthemis leucantha L. Osmites hirsuta Less. Osmites leucantha (L.) Druce |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |