Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pseudognaphalium viravira (Molina) Anderb. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Opera Bot. 104: 148 (1991) |
Native Range | Peru to w. & c. Bolivia, c. Chile, Galápagos |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 500-3800m |
Description | conspicuously white lanate, basal leaves narrowly oblong to linear-lanceolate, stem leaves linear, capitula in corymb |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellowish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium piravira Less. Gnaphalium polium Wedd. Gnaphalium viravira Molina |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, GAL Galápagos, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central) |