| Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
| Genus species | Gomphrena meyeniana Walp. |
| Bibliography | Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 404 (1843) |
| Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2000-4700m |
| Description | taproot, leaves in rosette, long white lanate, obovate to eliptic-spathulate, long petiolate, floral heads lanate, 15mm broad, involucral leaves broadly obovate |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring basal cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Gomphrena acaulis J.Rémy Gomphrena conwayi Rusby Gomphrena meyeniana var. acaulis (J.Rémy) Suess. Gomphrena meyeniana var. albiflora Stuchlík Gomphrena meyeniana var. aureiflora Stuchlík Gomphrena meyeniana var. citrina Suess. Gomphrena meyeniana var. conwayi (Rusby) Suess. Gomphrena meyeniana var. genuina Stuchlík Xeraea acaulis (J.Rémy) Kuntze |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |