Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Craspedia alba Everett & Joy Thomps. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Telopea 5: 47 (1992) |
Native Range | se. Australia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Description | leaves mainly basal, oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, adaxially brown with silvery appresed hairs, abaxially glabrescent, entire, capitula globular, 1-2cm wide |
Size | 9-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, VIC Victoria) |