Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chaetanthera chilensis (Willd.) DC. trib. Mutisieae |
Synonyms | Perdicium chilense Willd. |
Chaetanthera sericea Lag. ex DC. | |
Habitat | cold steppes |
Altitude | 0-3000m |
Description | leaves linear-lanceolate, entire to serrate, margins revolute, acute, white appresed hirsute, upper leaves linear, entire, capitula terminal, solitary |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
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) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
chilensis argentea (Phil.) Cabrera, Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 1: 166 (1937)
chilensis involucrata (Phil.) Cabrera ibid.
chilensis tenuifolia (D.Don) Cabrera ibid.
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