Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio aspericaulis J.Rémy trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Fl. Chil. 4: 174 (1849) |
Native Range | s. & nw. Argentina to c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2400-2800m |
Description | glabrous, densely ramose, leaves oblanceolate-spathulate, acute, at base long attenuate to petiole, sparsely dentate, 1-3cm, capitula radiate, solitary, terminal |
Size | 8-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Senecio hypsophilus Phil. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) |