Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chaetanthera argentea Phil. trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Anales Univ. Chile 41: 739 (1872) |
Native Range | c. & sc. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems simple, basal leaves crowded, silvery sericeous, narrowly linear, at apex spinose-dentate, stem leaves few, capitula solitary, involucre green |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chaetanthera chilensis var. argentea (Phil.) Cabrera Chaetanthera nana Phil. Chaetanthera serrata var. argentea Reiche Chaetanthera serrata var. nana Reiche Chaetanthera sublignosa Kuntze Chaetanthera volkmanni Phil. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central) |