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Senecio candidans DC. trib. Senecioneae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesSenecio candidans DC. trib. Senecioneae
BibliographyProdr. 6: 412 (1838)
Native Ranges. Argentina to c. & s. Chile, Falkland Islands
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatsands and rocks
Altitude0-500m
Descriptionsnowy tomentose, leaves petiolate, ovate or orbiculate, obtuse, crenate, the upper sessile, elliptic, capitula discoid, calyculate, in corymb, involucre campanulate
Size7-35cm
Coloryellow
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny site with a poor, sandy soil
alpine house, sandy soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C
division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsBrachypappus candicans (Vahl) Sch.Bip.
Cacalia candicans Vahl
Culcitium gayanum J.Rémy
Senecio candicans (Vahl) G.Nicholson
Senecio culciremyi Cuatrec.
Territory8 Southern America
     85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South)
9 Antarctic
     90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.)
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