| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Baccharis alpina Kunth trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] ed. fol., 4: 38 (1818) |
| Native Range | Colombia to nw. Argentina |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 2900-4900m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves minute, obovate-spathulate, obtuse, entire, uninerved, capitula terminal, solitary, subsessile, 4-6mm, campanulate, phyllaries obtuse, ciliate |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | white-rose |
| 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Baccharis alpina f. macrocephala Hieron. Baccharis alpina var. serpyllifolia Wedd. Baccharis caespitosa var. alpina (Kunth) Cuatrec. Baccharis humifusa Kunth Tursenia humifusa (Kunth) Cass. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |