Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum junodii Moeser trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 334 (1910) |
Native Range | Free State to Transvaal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1100-1925m |
Description | leaves patent, linear-lanceolate, acute, mucronate, semiamplexicaule, margins revolute, abaxially densely white lanate, capitula campanulate, solitary, terminal |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | pink-white |
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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |