Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum praecinctum Klatt trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 838 (1896) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands |
Altitude | 5-15m |
Description | branchlets thinly tomentose, leafy, leaves 5mm, spathulate-oblong, rounded, semiamplexicaule, white lanate, capitula cylindrical, terminal, in clusters |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Helichrysum rogersii S.Moore |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |