Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Stoebe microphylla DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 259 (1838) |
Native Range | s. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1100-1400m |
Description | very ramose, leaves minute, scaly, closely appresed, oblong, acute, carinate, glabrous, capitula in spherical cluster, phyllaries white, acute |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | white |
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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |