Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Culcitium oligocehalum Cabrera trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Darwiniana 9: 47 (1949) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina (Jujuy) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-5000m |
Description | densely yellowish tomentose, leaves long petiolate, ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 6-10cm, upper leaves smaller, sessile, capitula discoid, 2-8, pendent, terminal |
Size | 10-25cm |
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, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Senecio keshua Cabrera |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |