| Family | CALYCERACEAE |
| Genus species | Calycera horrida Hicken |
| Habitat | cold steppes |
| Altitude | 1500-2000m |
| Description | akin to C. herbacea, but smallish, leaves pinnatisect, segments dentate or lobate, involucral bracts triangular, spines on achenes to 3cm long |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | rosette, tuft |
| Cultivation | open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings of rosettes in late 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 | CALYCERACEAE
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