Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Haplocarpha rueppellii (Sch.Bip.) Beauverd trib. Arctotidae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2, 7: 51 (1915) |
Native Range | Ethiopia to e. Tropical Africa |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2400-4700m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves in flat rosette, to 10cm long, orbiculate, entire to coarsely serrate, adaxially shiny, capitula ca. 3cm across, subsessile in centre of rosette |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | rich yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Anemonospermos pygmaea (A.Rich.) Kuntze Arctotis pygmaea A.Rich. Arctotis rueppellii (Sch.Bip.) O.Hoffm. Landtia kilimanjarica Hutch. & M.B.Moss Landtia lobulata Hutch Landtia rueppellii (Sch.Bip.) Benth. & Hook.f. Schnittspahnia rueppellii Sch.Bip. |
Territory | 2 Africa 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (ETH Ethiopia) 25 East Tropical Africa (KEN Kenya, TAN Tanzania, UGA Uganda) |