Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Rockhausenia aretioides (Wedd.) D.J.N.Hind trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Kew Bull. 77: 701 (2022) |
Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-4900m |
Description | leaves lanceolate, often revolute, subcoriaceous, with vaginate base, capitula solitary, 10-13mm in diam., sessile in the midst of rosette |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Werneria aretioides Wedd. Werneria minima var. pygmaea Walp. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |