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Achyrocline ramosissima Britton trib. Gnaphalieae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesAchyrocline ramosissima Britton trib. Gnaphalieae
BibliographyBull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 148 (1892)
Native Rangenw. Venezuela, Peru to n. Argentina
Primary BiomeMontane Tropical
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude2000-4000m
Descriptionstems leafy, grey tomentose, leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, decurrent, acute, abaxially lanate, apitula spherical in terminal corymb, involucre 4-5mm
Size10-30cm
Color
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAchyrocline brittoniana Deble & Marchiori
Gnaphalium ramosissimum Sch.Bip.
Territory8 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)
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