Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio tucumanensis Cabrera trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Notas Mus. La Plata, Bot. 4: 109 (1939) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina (Tucumán) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3600-3700m |
Description | glabrous, basal leaves lanceolate, acute, long petiolate, minutely serrate, 2-6cm, the upper sessile, lanceolate, serrate, capitula radiate, few, in lax cyme |
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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |