Rock Garden Plants
Rockhausenia orbignyana (Wedd.) D.J.N.Hind trib. Senecioneae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesRockhausenia orbignyana (Wedd.) D.J.N.Hind trib. Senecioneae
BibliographyKew Bull. 77: 702 (2022)
Native Rangew. & c. Bolivia to Peru
Primary BiomeMontane Tropical
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude2900-5000m
Descriptionleaves crowded in rosette, spathulate, long petiolate, scabrous denticulate, tridentate, capitula solitary, large, involucre broadly campanulate, phyllaries lanceolate
Size5-8cm
Colorrose
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, 16-21°C
cuttings in summer
SynonymsWerneria mandoniana Wedd.
Werneria nuda A.Gray
Werneria orbignyana Wedd.
Werneria orbignyana var. breviradiata A.Gray
Werneria orbignyana var. longifolia Rockh.
Werneria pygmaea var. rhodopappa Phil.
Territory8 Southern America
     83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru)
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