Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Plagiocheilus peduncularis (Kunth) Wedd. trib. Anthemideae |
Bibliography | Chlor. Andina 1: 61 (1856) |
Native Range | Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Wet Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3700-4300m |
Description | leaves in outline elliptic, 4-8mm long, glabrous, pinnatisect, segments dentate, capitula solitary, 4-5mm across, long pedicellate, ligules short |
Size | 4-6cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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 |
Synonyms | Cotula peduncularis (Kunth) Macloskie Culcitium pedunculare (Kunth) Sprague Hippia peduncularis Kunth Leptinella peduncularis (Kunth) DC. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador) |