Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pteronia rangei Muschl. trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 96 (1911) |
Native Range | sw. Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 100-1600m |
Description | shortly scabrous-hirsute, leaves alternate, linear, acute, sessile, thick, flat, glaucous, capitula terminal, solitary, sessile, ovoid, involucre imbricate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 18-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAM Namibia) |