Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Oriastrum pulvinatum Phil. trib. Mutisieae |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 3000-4500m |
Description | columnar rosettes and thin rootstock, leaves narrowly spathulate, 6-7mm long, densely white lanate, capitula 1-4, on apex of rosette, ligules lorate, abaxially green |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | cushion |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
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 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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