Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Werneria amblydactyla S.F.Blake trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | J. Washington Acad. Sci. 18: 490 (1928) |
Native Range | w. Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | glabrous, leaves ca. 9mm, laxly crisped hirsute, glabrescent, margins scarious, entire, petiole thick, flattened, vagina ca. 2mm, capitula subsessile, radiate |
Size | 2-3cm |
Color | white |
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 | Xenophyllum amblydactylum (S.F.Blake) V.A.Funk |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |