Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum evansii Hilliard |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43: 198 (1986) |
Native Range | Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal and Free State |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 2500-3355m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves spathulate-obovate, to 5cm, rounded, semiamplexicaule, densely grey-white lanate-tomentose, capitula numerous in spherical terminal cluster, 2-3cm wide |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | bright yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Helichrysum alticola var. montanum Bolus |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |