Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perezia bellidifolia (Phil.) Reiche trib. Mutisieae |
Synonyms | Homoianthus bellidifolius Phil. |
Habitat | snow patches |
Altitude | 1400-2200m |
Description | leaves subglaucous, 3-9cm long, broadly ovate-spathulate, tapered to false petiole, capitula solitary, to 3cm across, broadly campanulate, ligules 5-11mm long |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | blue, lilac, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 (Argentina South , 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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