Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum pygmaeum Post trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Pl. Postianae 2: 12 (1891) |
Native Range | Lebanon to Syria |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | arachnose-tomentose, stem leaves viscid, oblong-spathulate, mucronate, at base shortly decurrent, on margins revolute, capitula shortly pedicellate, spherical, in corymb |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |