Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Gerbera cordata (Thunb.) Less. trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Linnaea 5: 297 (1830) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | leaves long petiolate, oblong to ovate-lanceolate. 6-12cm, cordate, denticulate or entire, obtuse or acute, adaxially glabrescent, capitula solitary |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | creamy |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arnica cordata Thunb. Piloselloides cordata (Thunb.) C.Jeffrey |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |