Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Felicia cymbalariae (Aiton) Gérome trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Dict. Hort. [Bois] 536 (1899) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 200-1900m |
Description | branchlets pubescent or hirsute, leaves opposite, long petiolate, ovate or oblong, crenate or dentate, capitula long pedunculate, phyllaries linear, acute |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | blue, white |
Bloom | late spring |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Amellus hirsutus (Host) Opiz Aster anthirrhinifolius Salisb. Aster cymbalariae Aiton Aster hirsutus (Vent.) Harvey Cineraria hirsuta Vent. Felicia brachyglossa (Cass.) Cass. Munychia brachyglossa Cass. Munychia cymbalariae (Aiton) Nees Munychia cymbalariae var. microcephala DC. Munychia hirsuta (Vent.) DC. Solidago cylindrica Scheele Solidago cymbalaria (Aiton) Moench |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |