Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Mniodes coarctata Cuatrec. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Fol. Biol. Andina 1: 4 (1954) |
Native Range | Peru to n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4500m |
Description | stem leafy, cylindrical, leaves ovate to elliptic, imbricate, 3mm long, obtuse, densely lanate, capitula solitary, terminal, phyllaries 7-8, oblong |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | yellow, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |