Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cotula paludosa Hilliard trib. Anthemideae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 333 (1973) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 1600-3200m |
Description | leaves in rosette, petiolate, to 5cm long, pinnatipartite, segments 6x1mm, glabrous, petioles flat, amplexicaule, capitula 10-25mm across, discoid, in time redden |
Size | 3-18cm |
Color | bright yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |