Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Werneria marcida S.F.Blake trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | J. Washington Acad. Sci. 18: 492 (1928) |
Native Range | w. Bolivia to w. & s. Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4500-5000m |
Description | glabrous, densely leafy, leaves glaucous, in time brownish, ovate-oblong, 1cm, acute, glandular-denticulate, flat, capitula sessile, radiate, involucre 1cm |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Werneria sedoides S.F.Blake Xenophyllum marcidum (S.F.Blake) V.A.Funk |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |