Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Baccharis nivalis (Wedd.) Sch.Bip. trib. Astereae |
Synonyms | Heterothalamus nivalis Wedd. |
Lucilia dioica Phil. | |
Habitat | snow patches |
Altitude | 500-3000m |
Description | leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 5-20mm, sessile, entire, capitula discoid, solitary, terminal, 6-12mm across, campanulate, thinly pedunculate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub, carpet |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile Central , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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