Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Mniodes lopezmirandae (Cabrera) S.E.Freire & al. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Pl. Syst. Evol. 301: 1246 (2014) |
Native Range | Ecuador to nw. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2200-4500m |
Description | leaves alternate, sessile, oblanceolate, 1-3cm, acute, mucronate, abaxially tomentose, adaxially lanate, capitula 2-5 in clusters in axils of upper leaves |
Size | 8-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late 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, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Belloa lopezmirandae Cabrera Gnaphalium americanum var. discolor Griseb. Lucilia lopezmirandae (Cabrera) S.E.Freire Luciliocline lopezmirandae (Cabrera) Anderb. & S.E.Freire |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |