Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio eriophyton J.Rémy trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Fl. Chil. 4: 159 (1849) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina to c. & n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3500-4800m |
Description | long white lanate, leaves ovate-oblong, thick, amplexicaule, auriculate, irregularly dentate, capitula 1-3, pedunculate, terminal, ligules 10-15, short |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North) |