| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Monticalia arbutifolia (Kunth) C.Jeffrey trib. Senecioneae |
| Bibliography | Kew Bull. 47: 70 (1992) |
| Native Range | w. South America |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2500-4500m |
| Description | glabrous, densely leafy, leaves minute, elliptic-ovate, acute, shortly petiolate, serrate, coriaceous, capitula solitary, pedunculate, radiate, involucre campanulate |
| Size | 8-15cm |
| 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. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Monticalia mutisii (Cuatrec.) C.Jeffrey Pentacalia arbutifolia (Kunth) Cuatrec. Pentacalia mutisii (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec. Senecio arbutifolius Kunth Senecio mutisii Cuatrec. Senecio mutisii var. congestus Cuatrec. Senecio mutisii var. lanceolatus Cuatrec. Senecio pichinchensis Greenm. Senecio vulcanopichis Cuatrec. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |