| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Oritrophium limnophilum (Sch.Bip.) Cuatrec. trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Ciencia (Mexico) 21: 27 (1961) |
| Native Range | Venezuela, Ecuador to Bolivia |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 3600-4800m |
| Description | basal leaves oblong-lanceolate, 2cm, obtuse, petiolate, glabrous, uninerved, stem leaves linear-oblong, acute, capitula solitary, 1cm, phyllaries at margins violet |
| Size | 2-5cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division in spring; cuttings in spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Aster limnophilus (Sch.Bip.) Hemsl. & Pearson Aster sodiroi Hieron. ex Sod. Aster sodiroi var. peruanus Cuatrec. Erigeron frigidus Wedd. Erigeron limnophilus Sch.Bip. Erigeron sodiroi Hieron. ex Sod. Oritrophium limnophilum ssp. nevadanum Cuatrec. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |