Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Hypochaeris hohenackeri (Sch.Bip.) Domke trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 251 (1936) |
Native Range | c. Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3200-4500m |
Description | taproot, leaves oblong, 2-3cm, entire or weakly dentate, glabrous, capitula subsessile, involucre campanulate, 4-6-seriate, phyllaries lanceolate, ciliate, ligules 7-12mm |
Size | 2-4cm |
Color | yellow, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Achyrophorus hohenackeri Sch.Bip. Hypochaeris parvifolia J.Kost. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |