Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Atractylis preauxiana Sch.Bip. |
Bibliography | Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries [P.B.Webb & S.Berthelot] 3(2; 2): 350 (1846) |
Native Range | Canary Islands (Tenerife) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 5-50m |
Description | very ramose, leaves narrowly lanceolate, silvery hirsute, sessile, capitula ca. 2cm across, solitary, involucre cylindrical, bracts imbricate, tomentose, |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Centaurea preauxiana Webb & Berthel. |
Territory | 2 Africa 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.) |