Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum gariepinum DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 174 (1838) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 90-900m |
Description | branchlets thin, arachnose, leaves oval or oblong, at base tapered, shortly petiolate, thin, lanate, glabrescent, capitula ovoid-globular, surrounded by bracts |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium gariepinum (DC.) Sch.Bip. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |