Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio nanus Sch.Bip ex A.Rich. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 443 (1848) |
Native Range | Ethiopia |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-4200m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves sessile, subcarnose, linear, 2-9cm, subentire, obtuse, glabrous, capitula solitary, 3cm across, involucre subspherical, bracts linear, ligules 2cm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Senecio amoenus Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich. Werneria africana Oliv. & Hiern |
Territory | 2 Africa 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (ETH Ethiopia) |