| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Nassauvia pygmaea (Cass.) Hook.f. trib. Mutisieae |
| Synonyms | Triachne pygmaea Cass. |
| Nassauvia nordenskjoldii O.Hoffm. | |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 0-1000m |
| Description | leaves dense, imbricate, bright green, ovate-lanceolate, 2mm, curvate, mucronate, inflorescence spherical, 10-12mm wide |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub, cushion |
| 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, 13-18°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
pygmaea intermedia (Phil.) Cabrera, Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 2: 338 (1939)
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