Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum chionosphaerum DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 174 (1838) |
Native Range | Zimbabwe to Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 300-2500m |
Description | stems branched, trailing, leaves in rosette, shortly petiolate, grey-white adaxially, abaxially white lanate, capitula solitary, 7-12mm across, disc yellow |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white, yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 | Gnaphalium chionosphaerum (DC.) Sch.Bip. Helichrysum pondoense Schltr. Helichrysum randii S.Moore |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ZIM Zimbabwe) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |