| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Mniodes aretioides (Wedd.) Cuatrec. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Fol. Biol. Andina 1: 3 (1954) |
| Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 4500-5200m |
| Description | stem leafy, cylindrical, leaves imbricate, obovate to oblong, ca. 3mm long, cuneate, truncate, grey lanate, capitula solitary, terminal, phyllaries oblong |
| Size | 2-5cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, 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, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Antennaria aretioides (Wedd.) A.Gray Baccharis aretioides (Wedd.) Sch.Bip. Merope aretioides Wedd. Phyllostelidium aretioideum (Wedd.) Beauverd |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |