| Family | CALYCERACEAE |
| Genus species | Calycera crassifolia (Miers) Hicken |
| Bibliography | Physis (Buenos Aires) 2: 117 (1916) |
| Native Range | s. Brazil to Argentina |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sands |
| Altitude | 0-1000m |
| Description | stems densely leafy, leaves spathulate-oblong, spinose-dentate, teeth large, cartilagineous, floral heads approximate at upper leaves, flowers to 1cm long |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acicarpha crassifolia Miers Boopis crassifolia (Miers) A.Gray Boopis crassifolia var. spinuligera Speg. Calycera crassifolia var. spinuligera (Speg.) Hicken |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 84 Brazil (BZS Brazil South) 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, URU Uruguay) |