Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio altoandinus Cabrera trib. Senecioneae |
Habitat | rocks and screes |
Altitude | 4500-4900m |
Description | glabrous, stems densely leafy, leaves carnose, spathulate, at apex coarsely dentate, capitula discoid, solitary, terminal, amongst upper leaves, involucre campanulate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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