Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Nassauvia argentea Phil. trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Anales Univ. Chile 87: 82 (1894) |
Native Range | Argentina to Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 1200-2000m |
Description | leaves ovate, mucronate, vaginate, silvery sericeous, capitula in spherical clusters |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Nassauvia revoluta var. argentea Hosseus |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |