Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio puchei Phil. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 2(Bot. 8): 45 (1891) |
Native Range | s. Peru to nw. Argentina & n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry rocks and scree |
Altitude | 4200-5000m |
Description | glabrous, leaves dense, carnose, spathulate, acute, attenuate to petiole, lobate, lobes 2-3-pairs, entire or dentate, 6-13mm, capitula discoid, solitary, terminal |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |