Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pseudognaphalium lacteum (Meyen & Walp.) Anderb. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Opera Bot. 104: 147 (1991) |
Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | white lanate, leaves narrowly oblong-spathulate, sessile, 1cm long, dense, capitula of 8-12 in clusters, producing single, terminal inflorescence, ca. 15mm wide |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium argyrolepis Phil. Gnaphalium frigidum Wedd. Gnaphalium lacteum Meyen & Walp. Pseudognaphalium frigidum (Wedd.) Anderb. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |