Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Euryops decumbens B.Nord. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Bot. Not. 114: 79 (1961) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2700-3400m |
Description | branchlets short, procumbent, scabrous of remnants of leaves, leaves at apex of branchlets, 3-15mm, blue-green, coriaceous, sometimes 3-5-lobate, capitula 2cm, solitary |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | bright yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, 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) |