| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Plagiocheilus frigidus Poepp. trib. Anthemideae |
| Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher] 3: 48 (1843) |
| Native Range | Ecuador to Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3500-4100m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves very small, crowded, petiolate, pinnatisect, segments mucronate, capitula terminal, spherical, small, ligules short |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |