| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Perezia pungens (Humb. & Bonpl.) Less. trib. Mutisieae |
| Synonyms | Chaetanthera pungens Humb. & Bonpl. |
| Perezia aracensis J.Koster | |
| Perezia fosbergii Tovar | |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2200-4500m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, obovate-lanceolate, dentate to runcinate, scabrous-glandular, spiny ciliate, capitula 1-9, phyllaries elliptic-lanceolate, spiny ciliate, scarious |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | pale blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | rosette, tuft |
| 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, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ASTERACEAE
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