Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Achyrocline rupestris Cabrera trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Darwiniana 9: 43 (1949) |
Native Range | Bolivia to n. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2900-4700m |
Description | densely ramose, branchlets lanate, leaves lanceolate, acute, at base tapered, lanate, 1-2cm, capitula in compact capitate corymb |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white, yellowish |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGW Argentina Northwest) |