Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Nassauvia ramosissima DC. trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 7: 49 (1838) |
Native Range | c. & s. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | grey-green, leaves ovate, acute, spiny serrate, pilose, capitula in dense, terminal spike, 2-3cm long, phyllaries linear |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |