Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Culcitium serratifolium Meyen & Walp. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 279 (1843) |
Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4400-5100m |
Description | leaves arachnose-lanate, oblong-ovate, acute, 2-3cm, broadly petiolate, shallowly crenate, stem leaves upwards smaller, capitula solitary, pendent, 20-25mm in diam. |
Size | 10-15cm |
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, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Senecio cernuiflorus Cabrera Senecio cernuus Phil. Senecio serratifolius (Meyen & Walp.) Cuatrec. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |