Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Ursinia montana DC. trib. Anthemideae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 5: 688 (1836) |
Native Range | Zimbabwe to South Africa and Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 450-3400m |
Description | leaves to 40mm long, long petiolate, finely pinnate, segments to 7mm long, thick, rounded, white hirsute, glabrescens, capitula 25mm in diam. |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Ursinia brevicaulis J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans Ursinia jacottetiana Thell. Ursinia subintegrifolia Bolus |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ZIM Zimbabwe) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |