Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Culcitium haenkei Wedd. trib. Senecioneae |
Synonyms | Senecio haenkeanus Cuatrec. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-3000m |
Description | akin to Senecio candollei, but phyllaries cinereous-lanate, leaves linear-lanceolate, flat, capitula on scape often in pairs |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Peru ) Southern South America (Chile North) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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