Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pachylaena atriplicifolia D.Don ex Hook. & Arn. trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 106 (1835) |
Native Range | Argentina to Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-4000m |
Description | leaves suborbiculate to broadly ovate or elliptic, dentate, glaucous, glabrous, subcarnose, petiole 1-5cm long, capitula 1-4, sessile, broadly campanulate, 3-5cm across |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink, purple, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chionoptera gayophyta DC. Pachylaena gayophyta (DC.) Hieron. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North) |