| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Chuquiraga rotundifolia Wedd. trib. Barnadesieae |
| Bibliography | Chlor. Andina 1: 4 (1855) |
| Native Range | Peru to Chile |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3800-4500m |
| Description | branchlets pubescent, leaves opposite, ovate-orbiculate, on apex spinose, sericeous-hirsute, glabrescent, capitula narrowly cylindtical, phyllaries ovate, pubescent, spinose |
| Size | 30-70cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | 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, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in summer |
| Synonyms | Chuquiraga spinosa ssp. rotundifolia (Wedd.) C.Ezcurra |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |