Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Xenophyllum incisum (Phil.) V.A.Funk trib. Senecioneae |
Synonyms | Werneria incisa Phil. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-5000m |
Description | leaves glabrous, crowded, cylindrical, at apex shortly tridentate, 4mm long, capitula sessile, involucre cylindric-campanulate, 7mm, phyllaries ovate-linear, obtuse |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | cushion |
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 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
incisum pubescens (Rockh.) Cabrera & S.E.Freire, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74(2): 1245 (1999)
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