Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chiliadenus candicans (Delile) Brullo trib. Inuleae |
Bibliography | Webbia 34: 301 (1979) |
Native Range | e. Medit. to Arabian Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | shortly sericeous, densely leafy, leaves linear, obtuse, carnose, margins revolute, capitula minute, 3-5 in terminal corymb, phyllaries few, obtuse |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chrysocoma candicans Delile Chrysocoma uniflora Spreng. Jasonia candicans (Delile) Botsch. Linosyris candicans DC. Vartemia candicans Boiss. |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt, LBY Libya) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (GST Gulf States) |