| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Werneria weddellii Phil. trib. Senecioneae |
| Bibliography | Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 2(Bot. 8): 40 (1891) |
| Native Range | s. Peru to n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 4000-5000m |
| Description | leaves glabrous, crowded on branchlets, carnose, linear, obtuse, 6mm, capitula sessile, involucre cylindric-campanulate, 8mm, phyllaries linear, ligules ca. 10 |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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, 16-21°C cuttings in summer |
| Synonyms | Werneria decumbens Hieron. Xenophyllum weddellii (Phil.) V.A.Funk |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |