Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Nassauvia ramosissima DC. trib. Mutisieae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | grey-green, leaves ovate, acute, spiny serrate, pilose, capitula in dense, terminal spike, 2-3cm long, phyllaries linear |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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
Southern South America (Chile Central , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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