Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Haplocarpha nervosa (Thunb.) Beauverd trib. Arctotidae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, ser. 2, 7: 51 (1915) |
Native Range | Zimbabwe to South Africa and Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 200-3300m |
Description | leaves in flat rosette, variable, tapered to broad amplexicaule petioles, abaxially white tomentose, with conspicuous green veinlets, capitula 5cm, subsessile |
Size | 3-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Arctotis echinata DC. Haplocarpha hirsuta (Thunb.) Beauverd Haplocarpha ovata K.Lewin Haplocarpha serrata K.Lewin Landtia hirsuta (Thunb.) Less. Landtia media DC. Landtia nervosa (Thunb.) Less. Leria nervosa (Thunb.) Spreng. Perdicium nervosum Thunb. |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ZIM Zimbabwe) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |