Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arrowsmithia sororis (Compton) N.G.Bergh trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Taxon 66: 1434 (2017) |
Native Range | Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2100-3000m |
Description | aromatic, young branchlets densely leafy, leaves to 13mm, imbricate, shiny, adaxially scabrous, glandular-hirsute abaxially lanate, margins involute, capitula pedicellate |
Size | 10-90cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Macowania sororis Compton, J. S. African Bot. 19: 114 (1953) |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |