Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio unionis Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich. |
Bibliography | Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 440 (1848) |
Native Range | Ethiopia |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3200-4050m |
Description | leaves alternate, simple, linear or oblong, 1cm, finely serrate, involute, ciliate, capitula solitary, terminal, involucre campanulate, ligules 8-15mm |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (ETH Ethiopia) |