Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum heldreichii Boiss. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 3: 229 (1875) |
Native Range | w. Crete |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | grey hirsute, stems densely leafy, leaves thick, linear, obtuse, margins revolute, capitula in compact terminal corymb, involucre lanate, straw yellow |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) |