Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Nassauvia fuegiana Cabrera trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Physis (Buenos Aires) 10: 285 (1931) |
Native Range | s. & nw. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | leaves linear-subulate, mucronate, curvate, vaginate, pubescent, capitula solitary, axillary, achenes lanuginose |
Size | 8-14cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Nassauvia scleranthoides O.Hoffm. ex Dusén Strongylomopsis fuegiana Speg. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest) |