| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Hypochaeris meyeniana (Walp.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Griseb. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 198 (1874) |
| Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1700-5200m |
| Description | leaves lanceolate-elliptic or obovate, pinnatisect, runcinate, on base attenuate, dentate or entire, glabrous or margins pilose, capitula sessile, ligules 6-13mm long |
| Size | 1-8cm |
| Color | yellow, yellowish orange |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Achyrophorus meyenianus (Walp.) Walp. Achyrophorus meyenianus var. ciliatus Wedd. Hypochaeris meyeniana var. brachylepis Cabrera Hypochaeris meyeniana var. ciliata (Wedd.) Perkins Hypochaeris meyeniana var. eriolaenoides Cabrera Oreophila meyeniana Walp. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |