Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Monticalia imbricatifolia (Sch.Bip ex Wedd.) C.Jeffrey trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Kew Bull. 47: 71 (1992) |
Native Range | Venezuela |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets short, virgate, fasciculate, lanate, leaves minute, oblong, acute, entire, canaliculate, patent, imbricate, capitula discoid, calyculate, terminal, sessile |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Pentacalia imbricatifolia (Sch.Bip. ex Wedd.) Cuatrec. Senecio imbricatifolius Sch.Bip. ex Wedd. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) |