Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Culcitium serratifolium Meyen & Walp. trib. Senecioneae |
Synonyms | Senecio cernuiflorus Cabrera |
Senecio cernuus Phil. | |
Senecio serratifolius (Meyen & Walp.) Cuatrec. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4400-5100m |
Description | leaves arachnose-lanate, oblong-ovate, acute, 2-3cm, broadly petiolate, shallowly crenate, stem leaves upwards smaller, capitula solitary, pendent, 20-25mm in diam. |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia , Peru ) Southern South America (Argentina Northwest , 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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