Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chryselium gnaphalioides (Kunth) Urtubey & S.E.Freire trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Syst. Bot. 44: 236 (2019) |
Native Range | Colombia to Venezuela and Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3100-4300m |
Description | stems densely tomentose, leafy, basal leaves sessile, oblanceolate 2-5cm, stem leaves alternate, sessile, linear, tomentose, capitula in dense terminal heads |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Antennaria gnaphalioides (Kunth) Standl. ex R.Knuth Antennaria monoica Wedd. Gnaphalium antennarioides DC. Gnaphalium elichrysoides Willd. ex Spreng. Helichrysum gnaphalioides Kunth Leontopodium gnaphalioides (Kunth) Hieron. Leontopodium monoicum Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. Pseudognaphalium antennarioides (Kunth) Anderb. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |