Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Stevia minor Griseb. trib. Eupatorieae |
Bibliography | Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 166 (1874) |
Native Range | Bolivia to nw. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4500m |
Description | leaves sessile, elliptic, acute, entire or sparsely serrate, pubescent, 1-3cm, capitula sessile in cluster, involucre 6-8mm, phyllaries acute, glandular |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white, violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Stevia bangii Rusby Stevia bangii var. dyscrita B.L.Rob. Stevia bangii var. typica B.L.Rob. Stevia tapacariensis Hieron. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |