Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum griseolanatum Hilliard trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 349 (1973) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1000-2600m |
Description | branchlets grey-white lanate, leaves imbricate, to 15mm, oblong or elliptic, obtuse or acute, margins revolute, grey-white lanate, capitula cylindrical in dense clusters |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 spring |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |