Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perezia pilifera Hook. & Arn. trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 34 (1835) |
Native Range | Argentina to Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-4300m |
Description | leaves 2-8cm, leaves linear, pinnate, conspicuously white aristate, capitula solitary, narrowly campanulate, ligules 5-10mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue, pink, white |
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, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Clarionea 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 |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |