| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Monticalia vaccinioides (Kunth) C.Jeffrey trib. Senecioneae |
| Bibliography | Kew Bull. 47: 73 (1992) |
| Native Range | nw. Venezuela to Ecuador |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2500-4500m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves oblong-cuneate, mucronate or apiculate, entire, flat, uninerved, glabrous, capitula discoid in corymb, involucre campanulate, glabrous |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cacalia glabrata Kunth Cacalia vaccinioides Kunth Microchaete vaccinioides (Kunth) Benth. Pentacalia vaccinioides (Kunth) Cuatrec. Psacalium glabratum DC. Psacalium vaccinioides DC. Senecio vaccinioides Wedd. Senecio vaccinioides var. pruinosus Wedd. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador) |