Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chaetanthera renifolia (J.Rémy) Cabrera trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 1: 149 (1937) |
Native Range | c. Chile (Santiago) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | leaves carnose, orbiculate-rhombic, long petiolate, crenulate, capitula solitary, surrounded by upper stem leaves, involucre globular, ligules sparsely hirsute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chaetanthera crenata (Phil.) F.Meigen Chondrochilus crenatus Phil. Elachia renifolia J.Rémy Tylloma renifolium (J.Rémy) Wedd. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central) |