| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Mniodes piptolepis (Wedd.) S.E.Freire & al. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Pl. Syst. Evol. 301: 1246 (2014) |
| Native Range | Colombia to nw. Venezuela and nw. Argentina |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2900-4900m |
| Description | grey tomentose, stem short, procumbent, leaves in rosette, oblong or obovate, obtuse, flat, shortly white vaginate, capitula 1-4, campanulate, sessile in rosette |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | straw yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Belloa piptolepis (Wedd.) Cabrera Gnaphalium evacoides Sch.Bip. Gnaphalium piptolepis (Wedd.) Griseb. Lucilia piptolepis Wedd. Luciliocline piptolepis (Wedd.) M.O.Dillon & Sagást. Merope piptolepis Wedd. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |