Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perezia pinnatifida (Bonpl.) Wedd. trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Chlor. Andina 1: 40 (1855) |
Native Range | w. South America |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-5500m |
Description | subacaulescent, lower leaves petiolate, pectinate-pinnatisect, segments numerous, approximate, ovate, ciliate, glandular, capitula solitary, involucre 5-6-seriate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | blue-whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
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, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chaetanthera pinnatifida Bonpl. Clarionea pinnatifida (Bonpl.) DC. Drozia macrocephala Steud. Drozia monocephala Cass. Homanthis pinnatifidus (Bonpl.) Kunth Homoianthus pinnatifidus (Bonpl.) D.Don |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |