| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Hypochaeris echegarayi Hieron. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. 4: 51 (1881) |
| Native Range | sc. Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3000-5000m |
| Description | leaves lanceolate or oblong, 2-7cm long, acute, broadly petiolate, pinnatipartite, runcinate, margins entire, hirsute to glabrous, capitula pedicellate, ligules 6-10mm |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Achyrophorus sessiliflorus var. subruncinatus A.Gray Achyrophorus setosus Wedd. Hypochaeris meyeniana var. leucantha Cabrera Hypochaeris ornata J.Koster Hypochaeris setosa (Wedd.) Rusby |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |