Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perezia pinnatifida (Humb. & Bonpl.) Wedd. trib. Mutisieae |
Synonyms | Chaetanthera pinnatifida Humb. & Bonpl. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-5500m |
Description | subacaulescent, lower leaves petiolate, pectinate-pinnatisect, segments numerous, approximate, ovate, ciliate, glandular, capitula solitary, involucre 5-6-seriate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | blue-whitish |
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
Western South America (Bolivia , Ecuador , Peru) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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