Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Onoseris lopezii Ferreyra trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Publ. Mus. Hist. Nat. ´Javier Prado´, Ser. B, Bot. 11: 4 (1960) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2500-3500m |
Description | leaves sessile, linear, 2-6cm, acuminate, adaxially arachnose, abaxially lanate, capitula solitary, terminal, involucre campanulate, 9-11-seriate, ligules 35-45mm long |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |