| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Lucilia kunthiana (DC.) Zardini trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74: 431 (1987) |
| Native Range | Venezuela to nw. Argentina |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 1800-5200m |
| Description | leaves 5-8mm long, linear-spathulate, canaliculate, acute, grey tomentose, capitula 6-8mm long, solitary, sessile, involucre brownish, scarious |
| Size | 2-3cm |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Belloa kunthiana (DC.) Anderb. & S.E.Freire Belloa lehmannii (Hieron.) Anderb. & S.E.Freire Conyza kunthiana DC. Conyza pusilla Kunth Gnaphalium depressum Nutt. Gnaphalium kunthianum (Wedd.) Kuntze Lucilia affinis Wedd. Lucilia lehmannii Hieron. Lucilia pusilla (Kunth) Hieron. Lucilia venezuelensis Steyerm. Lucilia violacea Wedd. Merope kunthiana (DC.) Wedd. Mniodes kunthiana (DC.) Freire & al. Mniodes lehmannii (Hieron.) S.E.Freire & al. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |