Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Osteospermum subulatum DC. trib. Calenduleae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 463 (1838) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-180m |
Description | leaves very crowded, sessile, entire, linear, subulate-mucronate, margins revolute, glabrous, scapes lanate, solitary, phyllaries linear, acuminate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |