Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Dorobaea pimpinellifolia (Kunth) B.Nord. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Opera Bot. 44: 53 (1978) |
Native Range | sw. Colombia to Peru |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2400-4300m |
Description | glabrous, leaves in rosette, petiolate, pinnatipartite, segments opposite, obovate, coarsely crenate, capitula large, radiate, involucre campanulate, phyllaries linear |
Size | 10-25cm |
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 nubigenus Kunth Senecio pediculariifolius Kunth Senecio pimpinellifolius Kunth Senecio pimpinellifolius var. nubigena Hieron. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |