| Positive | Monocromatico | On Sep 12, 2003, Monocromatico from Rio de Janeiro
Brazil (Zone 11) wrote:This is usually a small shrub (sub-shrub?) from the mointains in central Brazil, prefering rupestris fields. However, it can grow (slowly) up to 1,8m.
It has small, straight and very aromatic leaves arranged spirally on the end of the branches. The flowers come on the top of these branches during the dry winter, in pink, round capitules.
This is an endangered species, due to its aromatic leaves used for many things by local people that collect them. There are people trying to cultivate it, but it seems too hard to archieve. Too bad, this plant (that looks like a small pine, but related to daisies), would be an interesting addiction to any rock garden. |
