Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Nassauvia ulicina (Hook.f.) Macloskie trib. Mutisieae |
Synonyms | Trianthus ulicinus Hook.f. |
Nassauvia patagonica Speg. | |
Habitat | cold steppes |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | glabrous, leaves subulate, acerose, patent, imbricate, at base vaginate, capitula solitary, terminal, ca. 3-flowered, phyllaries few, achenes lanate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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