Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum virgineum DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 177 (1838) |
Native Range | c. Lebanon |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | grey lanate, leaves obovate, obtuse, at base attenuate, stem leaves few, erect, oblong-linear, acute, capitula large, 3-5, subsessile |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white, reddish |
Bloom | spring |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |