Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio candidans DC. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 412 (1838) |
Native Range | s. Argentina to c. & s. Chile, Falkland Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | snowy tomentose, leaves petiolate, ovate or orbiculate, obtuse, crenate, the upper sessile, elliptic, capitula discoid, calyculate, in corymb, involucre campanulate |
Size | 7-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Brachypappus candicans (Vahl) Sch.Bip. Cacalia candicans Vahl Culcitium gayanum J.Rémy Senecio candicans (Vahl) G.Nicholson Senecio culciremyi Cuatrec. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |