Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum grandibracteatum M.D.Hend. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bothalia 6: 422 (1954) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 1300-2600m |
Description | leaves oblong, to 12cm long, acute, adaxially green, glabrous, abaxially silvery lanate, distinctly venose, capitula 18-20mm across, 1-several, in terminal cluster |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | whitish yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |