Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Haplocarpha schimperi (Sch.Bip.) Beauverd trib. Arctotidae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2, 7: 51 (1915) |
Native Range | Eritrea to Tanzania |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2100-4300m |
Description | leaves petiolate, oblong, runcinate, abaxially white tomentose, adaxially glabrous, capitula subsessile, ca. 5cm across |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Landtia schimperi (Sch.Bip.) Benth. & Hook.f. Schnittspahnia schimperi Sch.Bip. Ubiaea schimperi (Sch.Bip.) J. Gay |
Territory | 2 Africa 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (ERI Eritrea, ETH Ethiopia) 25 East Tropical Africa (KEN Kenya, TAN Tanzania) |