| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Werneria crassa S.F.Blake trib. Senecioneae |
| Bibliography | J. Washington Acad. Sci. 18: 495 (1928) |
| Native Range | Colombia to Ecuador |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3500-5200m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, vaginate, vagina long sericeous-lanuginose, lamina sublinear, carnose-coriaceous, obtuse, 1-3cm, capitula sessile, radiate, 25-33mm |
| Size | 3-7cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Xenophyllum crassum (S.F.Blake) V.A.Funk |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador) |