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) |