Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum paronychioides DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 171 (1838) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 600-1700m |
Description | branchlets procumbent, leaves sessile, linear, margins revolute, acute, glabrous, capitula solitary, terminal, involucral bracts scarious, lanceolate, acuminate |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | 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 paronychioides (DC.) Sch.Bip. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |