Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum drakensbergense Killick trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bothalia 7: 23 (1958) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1500-2800m |
Description | branchlets often rooting, ramose, grey-white, in lower part leafy, leaves grey lanate, spathulate, capitula 4mm in dense flattened head, 20-25mm wide, phyllaries pale yellow |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |