Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Nassauvia pulcherrima Cabrera trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Notas Mus. La Plata, Bot. 4. 22: 157 (1939) |
Native Range | s. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1800-2000m |
Description | leaves ovate or elliptic, mucronate-serrate, semiamplexicaule, nervation distinct, glabrous, capitula in clusters, achenes glabrous |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South) |