Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Urmenetea atacamensis Phil. trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Fl. Atacam.: 26 (1860) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina to n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 2400-4000m |
Description | leaves thick, coriaceous, petiolate, rhombic, white lanate, denticulate, capitula solitary, terminal, 20-25mm, phyllaries linear, acute, ligules lanate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Onoseris atacamensis O.Hoffm. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |