Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Gnaphalium polium Wedd. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-4600m |
Description | grey hirsute, ramose, leaves crowded, linear, amplexicaule or decurrent, capitula globular, terminal, involucre cylindrical, phyllaries obtuse, reddish |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia , Peru) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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