Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Werneria poposa Phil. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 2(Bot. 8): 40 (1891) |
Native Range | w. & s. Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-5300m |
Description | leaves glabrous, carnose, cylindrical, obtuse, at apex whitish, 1cm, capitula above leaves, involucre cylindric, 8mm, phyllaries triangular-linear, ligules narrowly linear |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Werneria incisa var. pubescens Rockh. Werneria lorentziana Hieron. Xenophyllum incisum var. pubescens (Rockh.) Cabrera & S.E.Freire Xenophyllum poposum (Phil.) V.A.Funk |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |