Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Gamochaeta polybotrya (Phil.) Cabrera trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium polybotryum Phil. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | lanate, stems simple, densely leafy at base, leaves narrowly spathulate, mucronate, basally attenuate, capitula in spikelets in axils of upper leaves, producing leafy spike |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | 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, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile Central) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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