Chaetanthera elegans Phil.


Family	ASTERACEAE
Genus species	Chaetanthera elegans Phil. trib. Mutisieae
Synonyms	Chaetanthera elata Phil.
Habitat	cold steppes
Altitude	1500-2000m
Description	glabrous, basal leaves 4-8cm, narrowly linear-lanceolate, with long, wide petiole, dentate, capitula solitary, floral stem densely leafy, ligules ca. 1cm long
Size	10-20cm
Color	orange, yellow
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	tuft
Cultivation	open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun
Propagation	seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory	Southern America Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile Central)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	ASTERACEAE Chaetanthera elegans Phil., Linnaea 28(6): 712 (1858) 1500-2000m ============================================================================= elegans typica ined. Synonyms: Chaetanthera elata Phil. s. Argentina, c. Chile 85 AGS CLC elegans pratensis (Phil.) Cabrera, Fl. Patagonica [M.N. Correa] 7: 315 (1971) Basionym: Chaetanthera pratensis Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 87: 12 (1894) Synonyms: Chaetanthera andina pratensis (Phil.) Reiche Chaetanthera andina Phil. Chaetanthera araucana Phil. Chaetanthera comata Phil. Chaetanthera elegans andina (Phil.) Cabrera Chaetanthera foliosa Phil. Chaetanthera montana Phil. s. Argentina, c. & s. Chile 85 AGS CLC CLS elegans pulchra Cabrera, Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 1: 161 (1937) s. Argentina, c. Chile 85 AGS CLC