Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Lasiocephalus ovatus D.F.K.Schltdl. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 8: 309 (1818) |
Native Range | Colombia to Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2500-5300m |
Description | branchlets lanate, densely leafy, leaves ovate, obtuse, sessile, entire, margins revolute, coriaceous, adaxially glabrous, abaxially tomentose, capitula solitary, pendent |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Culcitium ovatum (D.F.K.Schltdl.) S.F.Blake Culcitium reflexum Kunth Culcitium uniflorum (Lam.) Hieron. Gnaphalium uniflorum Lam. Senecio reflexus (Kunth) Cuatrec. Senecio superandinus Cuatrec. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador) |