Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio gramineus Harv. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. 3: 372 (1865) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1400-3300m |
Description | leaves mainly basal, narrow, grey velutinous-lanate, margins involute, floral stems grey arachnose, below capitula leafless, capitula solitary, 2cm across, long pedunculate |
Size | 15-45cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |