Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Mniodes longifolia (Cuatrec. & Aristeg.) S.E.Freire & al. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Pl. Syst. Evol. 301: 1246 (2014) |
Native Range | nw. Venezuela to w. South America |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2000-4500m |
Description | leaves sessile, lanceolate, 2-5cm, winged petiolate, obtuse, mucronate, entire, abaxially silvery tomentose, adaxially densely lanate, capitula solitary, terminal, sessile, 10mm |
Size | 5-8cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
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, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Belloa longifolia (Cuatrec. & Aristeg.) Sagást. & M.O.Dillon Lucilia longifolia Cuatrec. & Aristeg. Lucilioclline longifolia (Cuatrec. & Aristeg.) M.O.Dillon & Sagást. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |