Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum bellidiastrum Moeser trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 338 (1912) |
Native Range | South Africa |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | alluvial gravel |
Altitude | 2000-3300m |
Description | stems laxly grey-white lanate, basal leaves elliptic to obovate, shortly pubescent, stem leaves remote, 15mm, elliptic, capitula solitary, 3cm, phyllaries much longer |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow-brown, rose, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in spring |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |