Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Eriachaenium magellanicum Sch.Bip. trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Flora 38: 121 (1855)¨ |
Native Range | s. Argentina to s. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
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 | 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, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLS Chile South) |