Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum glaciale Hilliard trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 348 (1973) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2500-2900m |
Description | branchlets slender, leaves orbiculate, 5mm long, densely imbricate, thick, grey-white lanate, capitula 2cm across, phyllaries loosely imbricate, the outer pale brown |
Size | 10-20cm |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |