Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Culcitium dasyphyllum Gand. trib. Senecioneae |
Synonyms | Senecio dasyphyllus (Gand.) Cuatrec. |
Senecio vaginifolius Sch.Bip. | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 500-1400m |
Description | densely tomentose, leaves oblanceolate-spathulate, obtuse, at base dilated to membranous vagina, entire, 3-7cm, capitula discoid, solitary, terminal, involucre spherical |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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