Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Felicia deserti Schltr. ex Grau trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 362 (1973) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 300-500m |
Description | branchlets leafy, adpressed hirsute, leaves alternate, oblanceolate, entire, to 15mm, hirsute, sessile, uninerved, capitula solitary, ligules to 1cm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |