| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Maja compacta Wedd. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Chlor. Andina 1: 229 (1857) |
| Native Range | Colombia |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves minute, obovate, shortly acuminate, entire, imbricate, adaxially densely sericeous-hirsute, capitula sessile amongst leaves, discoid |
| Size | 1-3cm |
| Color | yellow |
| 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, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia) |