Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perezia ciliosa Reiche trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Anales Univ. Chile 116: 426 (1905) |
Native Range | Bolivia to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4900m |
Description | lower leaves elliptic or lanceolate, 2-10cm long, glabrous, acute, entire, densely uniformly ciliate, stem leaves lanceolate, capitula solitary, terminal |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | pale blue, 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, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Clarionea ciliosa Phil. Perezia abbiattii Cabrera |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |