Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio bulbinefolius DC. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 402 (1838) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 100-700m |
Description | glabrous, stems terete, leaves broadly linear, obtuse, mucronate, entire, at base tapered, capitula solitary, involucre oblong, ligules few, narrow, revolute |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |