Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Trichogyne repens (L.) Anderb. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium repens L. |
Trichogyne radicans DC. | |
Trichogyne reflexa (L.f.) Less. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 10-500m |
Description | white lanate, branchlets thin, ramose, leaves sessile, crowded, short, linear-spathulate, mucronate, capitula of 2-5, sessile in clusters at apex of branchlets |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | decumbent shrub |
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 |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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