Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio saxicola Wedd. trib. Senecioneae |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | glandular-pubescent, leaves narrowly linear, acute, sessile, auriculate, acute-dentate or incised, capitula few, radiate, in corymb, involucre campanulate, glandular |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | sulphur yellow |
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 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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