Description
ASTERACEAE
Photograph: G. Malan
“Gombos” “Gum Forest”
- 25 seeds per packet
Slender, hairless shrub up to 30 cm.
Stems stiffly erect arising from rhizomes.
Leaves are linear and channeled and warty.
Flowers heads are thistle-like, solitary at the branch tips, orange, broad bracts, minutely ciliate on margins, enfold in a tight round head.
Should be sown in Autumn when the difference between day and night temperatures is about 12°C .
