Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Hypochaeris argentina Cabrera |
Bibliography | Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 15: 337 (1974) |
Native Range | Bolivia to n. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2000-2600m |
Description | leaves oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, shortly vaginate-petiolate, remotely denticulate, glabrous, capitula solitary, involucre campanulate, 4-5-seriate, bracts linear |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGW Argentina Northwest) |