Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Gnaphalium gnaphalodes (DC.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 193 (1981) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 20-600m |
Description | stems thinly lanate, leaves sessile, oblong-spathulate, mucronate, sinuate, arachnose, capitula shortly pedicellate, involucre campanulate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Amphidoxa gnaphalodes DC., Prodr. 6: 246 (1838) |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |