Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum litorale Bolus trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Trans. S. African Philos. Soc. 18: 381 (1907) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands |
Altitude | 5-1500m |
Description | snowy white tomentose, stems thin, ramose, leaves linear-spathulate, obtuse, complicate, patent, capitula solitary, sessile, supporting by floral leaves |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellowish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium nanum Willd. Gnaphalium spathulatum Thunb. Leontonyx angustifolius DC. Leontonyx candidissimus DC. Leontonyx pusillus Drége ex Harv. Leontonyx spathulatus (Thunb.) Less. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |