Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Nassauvia pumila Poepp. & Endl. trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 13 (1835) |
Native Range | s. Argentina to sc. & s. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2000-2300m |
Description | caespitose, ramose, leaves dense, imbricate, glabrous, oblong-ovate, acute, entire, obscurely ciliate, nitid, capitula in terminal heads, involucre biseriate |
Size | 7-12cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Nassauvia intermedia Phil. Nassauvia pumila var. intermedia Reiche Nassauvia pygmaea var. intermedia (Phil.) Cabrera |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |