Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perezia pilifera (D.Don) Hook. & Arn. trib. Mutisieae |
Synonyms | Clarionea pilifera D.Don |
Perezia lechleri De Wild | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-4300m |
Description | leaves 2-8cm, leaves linear, pinnate, conspicuously white aristate, capitula solitary, narrowly campanulate, ligules 5-10mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue, pink, white |
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, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Argentina Northwest , Chile Central , 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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