Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Mniodes schultzii (Wedd.) S.E.Freire & al. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Pl. Syst. Evol. 301: 1246 (2014) |
Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-5000m |
Description | leaves crowded in rosette, silvery lanate, oblong, 3mm long, basally amplexicaule, persistent, capitula sessile, discoid, solitary, cylindrical, 4mm high |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | white |
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, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Belloa schultzii (Wedd.) Cabrera Belloa cerrateae (Ferreyra) Sagást. & M.O.Dillon Belloa virescens (Wedd.) Cabrera Gnaphalium schultzii (Wedd.) Cabrera Gnaphalium viridescens Cabrera Lucilia schultzii Wedd. ex Sch.Bip. Luciliocline schultzii (Wedd.) M.O.Dillon & Sagást. Merope schultzii Wedd. Merope virescens Wedd. Mniodes cerrateae Ferreyra |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |