Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chuquiraga aurea Skottsb. trib. Barnadesieae |
Habitat | cold steppes |
Altitude | 0-1000m |
Description | leaves crowded, apically with spine, revolute, sericeous, very narrowly linear, 1-3cm long, capitula solitary, long campanulate, terminal, involucre spinose |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | golden orange |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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