Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Culcitium dasyphyllum Gand. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 23 (1913) |
Native Range | s. Argentina to s. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 500-1400m |
Description | densely tomentose, leaves oblanceolate-spathulate, obtuse, at base dilated to membranous vagina, entire, 3-7cm, capitula discoid, solitary, terminal, involucre spherical |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
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, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Culcitium magellanicum f. angustifolia Skottsb. Senecio dasyphyllus (Gand.) Cuatrec. Senecio vaginifolius Sch.Bip. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLS Chile South) |