Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Werneria decora S.F.Blake trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | J. Washington Acad. Sci. 18: 491 (1928) |
Native Range | w. Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 4700-4800m |
Description | leaves 7-10mm, conspicuosly ciliate, linear-cuneate in outline, at apex tridentate, vagina scarious, 2-3mm, petiole flat, 2mm, capitula sessile, radiate, involucre 12mm |
Size | 7-12cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Xenophyllum decorum (S.F.Blake) V.A.Funk |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |