Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio jaffuelii Cabrera trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Lilloa 15: 242 (1949) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina to c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1700-3500m |
Description | glabrous, lower leaves oblanceolate-spathulate, obtuse, shallowly lobate or entire, ca. 1cm, the upper smaller, linear, entire, capitula discoid, solitary, terminal |
Size | 10-18cm |
Color | yellow |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) |