| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Chuquiraga spinosa D.Don trib. Barnadesieae |
| Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 16: 285 (1830) |
| Native Range | Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3300-5100m |
| Description | yellow-spinose, leaves narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 5-20mm, mucronate, revolute, adaxially glabrous, white or brown sericeous abaxially, involucre campanulate, red-brown |
| Size | 50-150cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in summer |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |