Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Onoseris hyssopifolia Kunth trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] ed. fol., 4: 7 (1818) |
Native Range | Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1500-3000m |
Description | leaves lanceolate or linear, entire, abaxially grey tomentose, 2-4cm long, scapes tomentose, capitula solitary, involucre 5-seriate, sparsely lanate, ligules lanceolate |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | pink-violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Centroclinium hyssopifolium (Kunth) D.Dietr. Lycoseris hyssopifolia (Kunth) Cass. Onoseris hyssopifolia var. planifolia Wedd. Seris hyssopifolia Kuntze |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador) |