Family | CALYCERACEAE |
Genus species | Nastanthus scapiger (J.Rémy) Miers |
Synonyms | Boopis scapigera J.Rémy |
Boopis araucana Phil. | |
Nastanthus chubutensis Speg. | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 500-3000m |
Description | glabrous, leaves long petiolate, oblong to spathulate, pinnatilobate, floral heads sessile in leaf rosette, bracts of involucre oval, obtuse, at base connate |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, carpet |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Argentina Northwest , Chile Central) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CALYCERACEAE
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