Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Argentipallium obtusifolium (F.Muell. & Sond.) Paul G. Wilson trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Nuytsia 8: 458 (1992) |
Native Range | s. & se. Australia, Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | stems silvery lanate, viscid, leaves narrowly oblanceolate, viscid, adaxially glabrous, abaxially silvery lanate, capitula solitary, terminal, broadly campanulate, 2-3cm |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Helichrysum obtusifolium F.Muell. & Sond. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, SOA South Australia, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria, WAU Western Australia) |