Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Nassauvia revoluta D.Don trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 11: 390 (1832) |
Native Range | Argentina to Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 1000-4000m |
Description | grey hirsute, stems leafy, leaves ovate, acute, apically serrate, 5-7mm, capitula in spherical spike, 2-3cm long, outer phyllaries linear, shorter than inner |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Nassauvia brevifolia Phil. Nassauvia nivalis Poepp. & Endl. Nassauvia nivalis var. brevifolia Reiche Nassauvia nivalis var. sericea Phil. Nassauvia revoluta var. nivalis Hosseus Nassauvia sericea Phil. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |