Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Ursinia alpina N.E.Br. trib. Anthemideae |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1901: 125 (1901) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal to Free State |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1500-2700m |
Description | leaves to 4cm long, crowded, petiolate, finely pinnate, segments to 5mm long, mucronate, capitula large, to 40mm, in diam., ligules abaxially reddish |
Size | 8-25cm |
Color | yellow |
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, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |