Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio grindeliifolius DC. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 416 (1838) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina to c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 2800-3000m |
Description | densely glandular-pubescent, leaves oblanceolate-spathulate, acute or obtuse, with 2-5 spinose-dentate lobes, 15-25mm, capitula radiate, 1-5, in cyme, involucre campanulate |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) |