Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pulicaria volkonskyana Maire trib. Inuleae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 31: 106 (1941) |
Native Range | s. Algeria to Chad |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | grey-green, ramose, leaves pubescent, the basal obovate oblong or oblanceolate, attenuate to petiole, the upper linear, sessile, capitula solitary, terminal, to 15mm |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria) 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (CHA Chad) |