| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Senecio spinosus DC. trib. Senecioneae |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 420 (1838) |
| Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3600-4400m |
| Description | branchlets glabrous, apically with spine, leaves fasciculate, 5-8mm, linear or linear-oblong, revolute, entire, capitula discoid, calyculate, sessile, crowded |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| 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) |