| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Perezia pungens (Humb. & Bonpl.) Less. trib. Mutisieae |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 5: 20 (1830) |
| Native Range | w. South America |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| 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 | 10-50cm |
| Color | pale blue |
| 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, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Chaetanthera pungens Bonpl. Clarionea macrocephala Sch.Bip. Clarionea pungens (Humb. & Bonpl.) DC. Drozia dicephala Cass. Homanthis pungens (Humb. & Bonpl.) Kunth Homoianthus bonplandii Cass. Homoianthus pungens (Humb. & Bonpl.) DC. Homoianthus scaber Benth. Leucheria fasciata Klatt Perezia aracensis J.Kost. Perezia conaicaensis Tovar Perezia elongata Kuntze Perezia fosbergii Tovar Perezia macrocephala (Sch.Bip.) Tovar Perezia obtusisquama J.Kost. Perezia pungens var. cernua Rusby Perezia stuebellii Hieron. Perezia weberbaueri Hieron. ex Weberb. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |