Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio haenkei DC. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 413 (1838) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina to c. & n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | white tomentose, leaves linear, elongate, entire, margins narrowly revolute, capitula few in simple corymb, involucre cylindrical, phyllaries oblong, tomentose, glabrescent |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Synonyms | Senecio chionotus Phil. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North) |