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Chryselium gnaphalioides (Kunth) Urtubey & S.E.Freire trib. Gnaphalieae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesChryselium gnaphalioides (Kunth) Urtubey & S.E.Freire trib. Gnaphalieae
BibliographySyst. Bot. 44: 236 (2019)
Native RangeColombia to Venezuela and Peru
Primary BiomeMontane Tropical
Habitatgrassland
Altitude3100-4300m
Descriptionstems densely tomentose, leafy, basal leaves sessile, oblanceolate 2-5cm, stem leaves alternate, sessile, linear, tomentose, capitula in dense terminal heads
Size10-30cm
Colorwhite
Bloomspring, summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAntennaria 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.
Territory8 Southern America
     82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela)
     83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru)
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