Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Werneria sotarensis Hieron. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 363 (1895) |
Native Range | sw. Colombia to c. Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-5200m |
Description | leaves green, in time brownish, linear-subulate, imbricate, acuminate, densely long ciliate, otherwise glabrous, capitula minute, sessile, radiate, involucre 6mm |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Xenophylum leucobryoides S.F.Blake Xenophyllum sotarense (Hieron.) V.A.Funk |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador) |