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Perezia pilifera Hook. & Arn. trib. Mutisieae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesPerezia pilifera Hook. & Arn. trib. Mutisieae
BibliographyCompan. Bot. Mag. 1: 34 (1835)
Native RangeArgentina to Chile
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude0-4300m
Descriptionleaves 2-8cm, leaves linear, pinnate, conspicuously white aristate, capitula solitary, narrowly campanulate, ligules 5-10mm long
Size5-10cm
Colorblue, pink, white
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsClarionea lechleri Sch.Bip.
Clarionea pilifera D.Don
Homoianthus humilis Phil.
Perezia lechleri De Wild.
Perezia linearis var. humilis Reiche
Perezia pilifera Kurtz
Perezia pilifera var. nirihuaoensis Hosseus
Territory8 Southern America
     85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South)
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