Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Crassothonna capensis (L.H.Bailey) B.Nord. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Compositae Newslett. 50: 72 (2012) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 20-1200m |
Description | glabrous, branchlets irregularly ramose, leaves linear-oblong, acute or mucronate, subverticillate, capitula few in corymb |
Size | 12-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Othonna capensis L.H.Bailey Othonna crassifolia Harv. Othonna filicaulis Eckl. ex Harv. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |