| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Werneria humilis Kunth trib. Senecioneae |
| Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] ed. fol., 4: 150 (1820) |
| Native Range | w. South America |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3600-5000m |
| Description | leaves imbricate, cylindrical, 12-25mm, slightly curvate, carnose, shiny, capitula solitary, subsessile, to 15mm in diam. |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| 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 | Oresigonia brevifolia Willd. ex Wedd. Werneria articulata S.F.Blake Werneria fontii Cuatrec. Werneria humilis f. articulata (S.F.Blake) Rockh. Werneria humilis var. lindenii Wedd. Werneria lehmannii Klatt Xenophyllum fontii (Cuatrec.) V.A.Funk Xenophyllum humile (Kunth) V.A.Funk |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |