Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Achyrocline ramosissima Britton trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 148 (1892) |
Native Range | nw. Venezuela, Peru to n. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-4000m |
Description | stems leafy, grey tomentose, leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, decurrent, acute, abaxially lanate, apitula spherical in terminal corymb, involucre 4-5mm |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | |
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, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Achyrocline brittoniana Deble & Marchiori Gnaphalium ramosissimum Sch.Bip. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGW Argentina Northwest, URU Uruguay) |