Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chersodoma antennaria (Wedd.) Cabrera trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 6: 352 (1947) |
Native Range | w. & c. Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 600-5200m |
Description | grey tomentose, leaves in rosette, broadly elliptic, obtuse, entire, abruptly tapered to long petiole, capitula discoid, sessile, solitary, involucre calyculate |
Size | 4-7cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chersodoma antennaria var. caulescens (Wedd.) Cabrera Chersodoma diclina (Wedd.) Cabrera Senecio antennaria Wedd. Senecio antennaria var. caulescens Wedd. Senecio diclinus Wedd. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |