| Family | LOASACEAE |
| Genus species | Caiophora coronata (Gillies ex Arn.) Hook. & Arn. |
| Bibliography | Bot. Misc. 3: 327 (1833) |
| Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina and c. & n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | 2000-5000m |
| Description | stinging hirsute, leaves numerous, crowded, long petiolate, bipinnatifid, ultimate segments linear-lanceolate, flowers solitary, axillary, petals to 3cm long |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | pure white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C root cuttings in spring |
| Synonyms | Blumenbachia coronata (Gillies ex Arn.) Hieron. Caiophora absinthifolia C.Presl Caiophora pycnophylla Urb. & Gilg. Loasa coronata Gillies ex Arn. Loasa pilosa Meyen |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North) |