Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chaetanthera pratensis Phil. trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Anales Univ. Chile 87: 12 (1894) |
Native Range | s. Argentina to c. & s. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves crowded, spathulate, 3-5mm wide, flat, bright green, sericeous, glabrescent, spinulose or mucronately dentate, capitula solitary, involucre biseriate |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chaetanthera andina Phil. Chaetanthera andina var. pratensis Reiche Chaetanthera araucana Phil. Chaetanthera comata Phil. Chaetanthera elegans var. andina (Phil.) Cabrera Chaetanthera elegans var. pratensis (Phil.) Cabrera Chaetanthera foliosa Phil. Chaetanthera montana Phil. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |