Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Nassauvia pinnigera D.Don trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 11: 390 (1832) |
Native Range | s. & nw. Argentina to c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3000-4000m |
Description | densely leafy, leaves oblong-lanceolate, with distinct nervation, mucronate-dentate, curvate, lanuginose, capitula in cluster, achenes glabrous |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | white |
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, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Nassauvia multiflora Meyen |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) |