Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio evacoides Sch.Bip. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 52 (1856) |
Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3800-5200m |
Description | snowy white hirsute, leaves crowded, subimbricate, entire, 1-2cm, obovate-spathulate, with long pseudopetiole, capitula subsessile, discoid, 7-8mm in diam. |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | autumn |
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 |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |