Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum microphyllum (Willd.) Cambess. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 14: 272 (1827) |
Native Range | Greece to Aegean Islands |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 0-1700m |
Description | ramose, ascendent, leaves alternate, simple, narrowly linear, greenish, sparsely tomentose, the basal 5-10mm, heads spherical, discoid, involucre cylindrical |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 | Gnaphalium microphyllum Willd. Helichrysum angustifolium ssp. microphyllum (Willd.) Rouy Helichrysum italicum ssp. microphyllum (Willd.) Nyman |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is.) |