Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Dimorphotheca zeyheri Sond. trib. Calenduleae |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 3: 421 (1865) |
Native Range | Zimbabwe to Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 150-2800m |
Description | leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, entire to coarsely dentate, subglabrous, ciliate, capitula solitary, phyllaries lanceolate, acuminate, scabrous, margins white |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ZIM Zimbabwe) 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |