Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum saxatile Moris trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Fl. Sard. 2: 387 (1843) |
Native Range | Sardinia |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves 2-7cm, narrowly spathulate to linear-oblanceolate, on both faces grey hirsute or adaxially greenish, capitula 4-5mm across in corymb 2-10cm wide |
Size | 15-60cm |
Color | lustrous yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Helichrysum rupestre Guss. ex Nyman Helichrysum saxatile ssp. morisianum Bacch. & al. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SAR Sardegna) |