Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio socompae Cabrera trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Darwiniana 10: 571 (1954) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina to n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4700m |
Description | glabrous, densely leafy, leaves carnose, pinnatisect, segments 2-5-pairs, linear, entire, capitula discoid, solitary or in lax cyme, involucre campanulate, 1cm |
Size | 8-30cm |
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 |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |