Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum woodii N.E.Br. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 21 (1906) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 600-900m |
Description | branchlets grey-white lanate, densely leafy, leaves elliptic to obovate, obtuse, tapered to petiolate base, abaxially densely white lanate, capitula in dense clusters |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | autumn |
Ca | - |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in spring |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |