Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arrowsmithia pulvinaris (N.E.Br.) N.G.Bergh trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Taxon 66: 1434 (2017) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 1200-3000m |
Description | young branchlets densely leafy, leaves to 2cm, adaxially green, scabrous-glandular, abaxially white lanate, margins involute, at apex broadly acute, capitula pedunculate |
Size | 40-90cm |
Color | yellow |
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 | Macowania pulvinaris N.E.Br. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |