| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Novenia tunariensis (Kuntze) S.E.Freire trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 24: 296 (1986) |
| Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3100-5000m |
| Description | leaves rigid, linear, 12-22mm long, sharply acute, basally lanate, apically glabrous, capitula 2-3, cylindrical, long, half hidden in leaf rosette |
| Size | 1-2cm |
| Color | straw yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Dolichogyne acaulis Wedd. ex Benth. & Hook.f. Gnaphalium tunariense Kuntze Lepidophyllum acaule Benth. & Hook.f. Lucilia tunariensis (Kuntze) K.Schum. Mniodes tunariensis (Kuntze) Hieron. ex Weberb. Novenia acaulis (Wedd. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) S.E.Freire & F.Hellwig |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |