| Family | CALYCERACEAE |
| Genus species | Calycera crassifolia (Miers) Hicken |
| Synonyms | Acicarpha crassifolia Miers |
| Boopis crassifolia (Miers) A.Gray | |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-1000m |
| Description | stems densely leafy, leaves spathulate-oblong, spinose-dentate, teeth large, cartilagineous, floral heads approximate at upper leaves, flowers to 1cm long |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | 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 when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Territory |
Southern America
Brazil (Brazil South ) Southern South America (Argentina Northeast , Argentina South , Uruguay) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CALYCERACEAE
crassifolia spinulosa (Gillies ex Miers) Zav.-Gallo & al., Syst. Bot. 39(4): 1234 (2014)
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