Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum milfordiae Killick trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bothalia 7: 414 (1960) |
Native Range | Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal and Free State |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2400-3500m |
Description | small, crowded rosettes, leaves silvery, elliptic, ciliate, capitula solitary, 25mm across, in bud crimson-red |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |