| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Senecio comosus Sch.Bip. trib. Senecioneae |
| Bibliography | Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 52 (1856) |
| Native Range | w. Bolivia to Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | 3500-4900m |
| Description | leaves shiny, coriaceous, yellow-green, entire, xiphoid, 20-30cm, abaxially white hirsute, inflorescence paniculate, with numerous pendent capitula, ca. 1cm in diam. |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late spring |
| Synonyms | Senecio comosus var. blancus Cuatrec. Senecio comosus var. debilis Cuatrec. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |