Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio leucophyton Phil. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Linnaea 28: 738 (1858) |
Native Range | s. Argentina to c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1500-1800m |
Description | white tomentose, leaves linear, acute, mucronate, entire, at margins narrowly revolute, 15-25mm, capitula discoid, solitary, terminal, involucre campanulate |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLC Chile Central) |