Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum mussae Nevski trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 279 (1937) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1500-3000m |
Description | leaves grey-green, arachnose-tomentose, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, capitula thinly pedicellate, cylindric-campanulate, 5-6mm, 7-12, in corymb, phyllaries fulvous-yellow |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |