Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Hypochaeris eremophila Cabrera trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Notas Mus. La Plata, Bot. 13: 22 (1948) |
Native Range | s. Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2800-4700m |
Description | leaves lanceolate or obovate, deeply runcinate, glabrous or pilose on midrib, broadly petiolate, dentate or entire, capitula pedunculate, involucre campanulate |
Size | 1-7cm |
Color | yellow, yellowish orange |
Bloom | summer |
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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, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Distoecha taraxacoides Phil. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |