Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio lithostaurus Cabrera trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Lilloa 15: 244 (1949) |
Native Range | s. & nw. Argentina to c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1500-3400m |
Description | glabrous, leaves carnose, oblanceolate, acute, coarsely dentate, 2-5cm, capitula discoid, solitary, terminal, involucre narrowly campanulate, phyllaries lanceolate, acute |
Size | 15-30cm |
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 |
Synonyms | Senecio remyanus f. eradiatus Kuntze |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) |