Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Eriachaenium magellanicum Sch.Bip. trib. Mutisieae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1000m |
Description | leaves carnose, shiny, obovate-lanceolate, at base tapered, sparsely dentate, abaxially arachnose-tomentose, 1-2cm long, capitula subspherical, phyllaries irregularly serrate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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