Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leucochrysum tricolor (DC.) P.M.Sl. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | s. Queensland to Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | grey tomentose, stems ramose, leaves linear, acute, sessile, capitula solitary, involucre lanate, bracts ciliate, purple, on margins white |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | yellow-white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Helichrysum incanum Hook. Helipterum albicans var. incanum (Hook.) Paul G.Wilson Helipterum incanum var. tricolor DC., Prodr. 6: 215 (1838) Leucochrysum albicans ssp. tricolor (DC.) N.G.Walsh Leucochrysum albicans var. tricolor (DC.) Paul G.Wilson |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, QLD Queensland, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) |