| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Hypochaeris eriolaena (Sch.Bip.) Reiche trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Chile 5: 15 (1910) |
| Native Range | Peru to n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2200-5100m |
| Description | leaves oblong-lanceolate, dentate, hirsute, ciliate, petiolate, 2-4cm, capitula subsessile, involucre subspherical-ovoid, phyllaries obtuse, white lanate |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | whitish, yellow |
| 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, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Achyrophorus cryptocephalus Sch.Bip. Achyrophorus eriolaenus Sch.Bip. Hypochaeris cryptocephala (Sch.Bip.) Domke Hypochaeris spinneri Beauverd Lasiospora eriolaena P.Candargy |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |