Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chaetanthera cochlearifolia B.L.Rob. trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 49: 514 (1913) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-5000m |
Description | leaves dense, carnose, imbricate, oblong-spathulate, obtuse, to 1cm long, long lanate, capitula with wide ligules |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Oriastrum cochlearifolium A.Gray |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |