Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Nassauvia lanata (Phil.) Reiche trib. Mutisieae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-3000m |
Description | leaves obovate to cuneate with revolute apex, adaxially subglabrous, abaxially villose, dentate, 4-7mm, capitula numerous in dense, terminal cluster, 10-15mm wide |
Size | 4-8cm |
Color | white, bluish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, cushion |
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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