Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum meyeri-johannis Engl. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 427 (1892) |
Native Range | e. Tropical Africa |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2500-4300m |
Description | leaves grey hirsute, broadly lanceolate, inflorescence intensely branched, capitula in bud spherical and vermilion-red, in anthesis crateriform, papery |
Size | 25-45cm |
Color | rose, yellowish white |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
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, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Helichrysum hoffmannianum De Wild. |
Territory | 2 Africa 25 East Tropical Africa (KEN Kenya, TAN Tanzania, UGA Uganda) |