Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio obtectus Kuntze trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 176 (1898) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina to c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2200-2600m |
Description | glabrous or glandular, densely leafy, leaves succulent, oblong-elliptic, acute, coarsely dentate or lobate, 15-30mm, capitula discoid, crowded in terminal cyme |
Size | 10-20cm |
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 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) |