Author: | Alwin
Berger, 1905 |
Family: |
ASTERACEAE |
Origin: |
Eswatini, South
Africa, Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
3 (15)
Centimetres |
Height: |
30 (60) Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Orange |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Senecio
galpinii, Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1892.
Notoniopsis
galpinii, B. Nord. |
This member of the Asteraceae family was
given this name by Alwin Berger in 1905. It is found in Eswatini, South Africa
and Zimbabwe, growing in a well
drained soil with some water and some sun. The three centimetre
rhizomes can grow in to a fifteen centimetre cluster, the plant can
reach 30 or even 60 centimetres. The flowers are orange.
The genera is named after the German zoologist,
Dr Klein,1685-1759, and the species after E. E. Galpin, South
African naturalist and collector,1858 - 1941. |