Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Gnaphalium declinatum L.f. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Suppl. Pl.: 365 (1782) |
Native Range | Zambia to Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 15-1300m |
Description | listy numerous, sessile, linear or spathulate, acute, crowded, on both faces white tomentose, capitula in terminal corymb |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | snowy white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium achilleoides Lam. Gnaphalium pentheri Gand. Gnaphalium pygmaeum Thunb. Helichrysum declinatum (L.f.) Less. Leontonyx declinatus (L.f.) Heynh. Spiralepis declinata (L.f.) D.Don |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ZAM Zambia) 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, OFS Free State) |