Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio maculatus Cabrera trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Lilloa 5: 80 (1940) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-4300m |
Description | glabrous, leaves carnose, linear-lanceolate, acute, entire or sparsely dentate, 10-25mm, capitula discoid, solitary, terminal, involucre campanulate, 8-9mm, phyllaries acute |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |