Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Asteriscus schultzii (Bolle) Pit. & Proust trib. Inuleae |
Bibliography | Iles Canaries: 224 (1909) |
Native Range | nw. Africa, Canary Islands |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-300m |
Description | stems ramose, grey, leaves lanceolate, thick, scabrously hirsute, petiolate, upper leaves sessile, decurrent, entire or coarsely dentate, capitula solitary, ligules tridentate |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Asteriscus longiaradiatus Maire Bubonium longiradiatum Maire Bubonium schultzii (Bolle) Svent. Dontospermum schultzii Bolle Nauplius schultzii (Bolle) Wiklund |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco, WSA Western Sahara) 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.) |