Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio adenophyllus Walp. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 282 (1843) |
Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3000-5200m |
Description | densely glandular-pubescent, leaves subcarnose, oblong or oblanceolate-spathulate, acute, mucronate, dentate or lobate, capitula discoid, solitary, involucre campanulate |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | yellow |
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 |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |