Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio falklandicus Hook.f. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Fl. Antarct. 2: 316 (1846) |
Native Range | Falkland Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-320m |
Description | branchlets densely leafy, branched, leaves oblanceolate, to 3cm long, with involute margins, grey hirsute, capitula solitary, ca. 3cm in diam. |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | bright 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 |
Synonyms | Senecio darwinii f. falklandica Skottsb. Senecio falklandicus var. pinnatifidus O.Hoffm. Senecio littoralis Gaudich. Senecio littoralis var. glabratus DC. Senecio littoralis var. lanatus DC. |
Territory | 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |