Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum roseoniveum Marloth & O.Hoffm. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 275 (1888) |
Native Range | Angola to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 200-1100m |
Description | stems densely white lanate, leaves 15-25mm, obovate, obtuse, densely white arachnose-lanate, capitula 7-10mm, solitary or in terminal cluster, bracts longer, subpellucid |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | white-rose |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 26 South Tropical Africa (ANG Angola) 27 Southern Africa (NAM Namibia) |