Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Stoebe rugulosa Harv. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. 3: 280 (1865) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 100-300m |
Description | very ramose, leaves imbricate, rigid, linear, erect, minutely mucronate, glabrescent, carinate, capitula in terminal oblong spikes, phyllaries whitish, obtuse |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | 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, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |