Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum albobrunneum S.Moore trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35: 334 (1902) |
Native Range | Lesotho to South Africa |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1700-3355m |
Description | leaves in rosettes, 3-8cm, densely grey-white lanate, lanceolate, capitula broadly campanulate, solitary, terminal, involucral bracts shiny white, with dark apex |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 sumer |
Synonyms | Helichrysum setigerum Bolus |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |