Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Othonna natalensis Sch.Bip. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Flora 27: 771 (1844) |
Native Range | Zimbabwe to Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 0-2700m |
Description | leaves erect in basal rosette, 15cm long, thick, blue-green, at base lanate, capitula solitary, terminal, 3-4cm across |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Othonna scapigera Harv. |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ZIM Zimbabwe) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |