| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Rockhausenia pygmaea (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) D.J.N.Hind trib. Senecioneae |
| Bibliography | Kew Bull. 77: 700 (2022) |
| Native Range | South America |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3000-5000m |
| Description | leaves in rosettes, narrowly linear, subcarnose, entire, 1-4cm, capitula sessile or shortly pedunculate, involucre campanulate, phyllaries triangular-lanceolate |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Werneria brachypappa Sch.Bip. Werneria cherlerioides Sch.Bip. Werneria minima Walp. Werneria minima var. pygmaea Walp. Werneria pygmaea Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. Werneria pygmaea var. caespitosa Wedd. Werneria pygmaea var. iodopappus Wedd. Werneria pygmaea var. praemorsa Wedd. Werneria pygmaea var. psychrophila Wedd. ex Sch.Bip. Werneria pygmaea var. remyi Wedd. Werneria rhizoma J.Rémy |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 84 Brazil 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North) |