Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Monticalia vaccinioides (Kunth) C.Jeffrey trib. Senecioneae |
Synonyms | Cacalia vaccinioides Kunth |
Cacalia glabrata Kunth | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2500-4500m |
Description | glabrous, leaves oblong-cuneate, mucronate or apiculate, entire, flat, uninerved, glabrous, capitula discoid in corymb, involucre campanulate, glabrous |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub, carpet |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Northern South America (Venezuela ) Western South America (Colombia , Ecuador) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
vaccinioides microdentata (Cuatrec.) B.Nord., Compositae Newslett. 34: 32 (1999)
|