Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Geigeria aspera Harv. trib. Inuleae |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. 3: 126 (1865) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 400-1700m |
Description | stems scabrously hirsute, leaves alternate, sessile, broadly linear, acute, flat, entire, conspicuosly glandular punctate, capitula solitary, terminal, sessile, large |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |