Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum artemisioides Boiss. & Hausskn. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 3: 237 (1875) |
Native Range | sw. & s. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2700-3000m |
Description | grey arachnose, leaves narrowly linear, acute, the lower at base long attenuate, the upper sessile, capitula shortly pedicellate, small, turbinate, in sparse corymb |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |