Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Oedera squarrosa (L.) Anderb. & K.Bremer trib. Anthemideae |
Bibliography | Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 1071 (1991) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 500-1600m |
Description | leaves oblong or oval, incurvate, acute-mucronate, pungent, uninerved, glabrous, punctate, capitula in corymb, cylindrical, shortly pedicellate, phyllaries oblong |
Size | 20-90cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Athanasia squarrosa (L.) L. Relhania latifolia Compton Relhania recurva DC. Relhania squarrosa (L.) L‘Hér. Santolina squarrosa L. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |