Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum incarnatum DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 191 (1838) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal to Transvaal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 200-1200m |
Description | leaves 12-20mm, upwards smaller, lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, mucronate, semiamplexicaule, grey-white lanate, capitula crateriform, terminal, of 2-3, arranged in panicle |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow-brown |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium incarnatum (DC.) Sch.Bip. Helichrysum rubellum var. incarnatum (DC.) Harv. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |