Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Syncarpha eximia (L.) B.Nord. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium eximium L. |
Helichrysum eximium (L.) Less. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 150-1600m |
Description | branchlets densely leafy, leaves broadly ovate or elliptic, acute, densely softly lanate, semiamplexicaule, uninerved, capitula globular in corymb, phyllaries appresed |
Size | 15-90cm |
Color | yellowish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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