Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Felicia dentata (A.Rich.) Dandy trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Fl. Pl. Sudan [F.W.Andrews] 3: 29 (1956) |
Native Range | ne. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 1600-3650m |
Description | stems appresed hirsute, leaves subsessile, linear-oblanceolate, 1-3cm, setose, cuneate, entire, capitula solitary, phyllaries lanceolate, ligules 12-17mm |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | pale violet |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Agathaea abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich. Agathaea dentata A.Rich. Aster richardii (Vatke) Kuntze Detris richardii (Vatke) Chiov. Felicia richardii Vatke |
Territory | 2 Africa 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (ERI Eritrea, ETH Ethiopia, SUD Sudan) 3 Asia-Temperate 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia, YEM Yemen) |