Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cineraria saxifraga DC. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 306 (1838) |
Native Range | South Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 100-700m |
Description | glabrous, leaves long petiolate, orbiculate-reniform, at base truncate or cuneate, coarsely dentate, reticulate veined, capitula solitary, phyllaries oblong, glabrous |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |