Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Bethencourtia palmensis (C.Sm.) Choisy trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins. [C.L.von Buch]: 148 (1828) |
Native Range | Canary Islands |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 450-2300m |
Description | leaves alternate, lanceolate to oblanceolate, carnose, distinctly dentate, capitula small, narrow, in corymb, involucre uniserriate, ligules 2-3 |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Canariothamnus palmensis (C.Sm.) B.Nord. Cineraria palmensis (C.Sm.) Nees Senecio palmensis C.Sm. |
Territory | 2 Africa 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.) |