| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Hypochaeris sessiliflora Kunth trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] ed. fol., 4: 2 (1818) |
| Native Range | nw. Venezuela to w. South America |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2500-4500m |
| Description | leaves linear-lanceolate, attenuate to wide petiole, margins dentate, glabrous or sparsely glandular-hirsute, capitula sessile or pedicellate, involucre campanulate, ligules 12mm |
| Size | 5-13cm |
| Color | white, yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Achyrophorus albiflorus Sch.Bip. Achyrophorus barbatus Sch.Bip. Achyrophorus humboldtii Sch.Bip. Achyrophorus quitensis Sch.Bip. Achyrophorus quitensis var. sonchoides (Kunth) Wedd. Achyrophorus sessiliflorus (Kunth) DC. Achyrophorus sessiliflorus var. barbatus (Sch.Bip.) A.Gray Achyrophorus sonchoides (Kunth) DC. Hypochaeris barbata (Sch.Bip.) Reiche Hypochaeris sessiliflora var. albiflora Hieron. Hypochaeris sessiliflora f. caulescens Hieron. Hypochaeris sonchoides Kunth Hypochaeris sonchoides var. fibrillosa Hieron. Hypochaeris stuebelii Hieron. Oreophila sessiliflora (Kunth) D.Don Scorzonera quitensis Humb. ex Sch.Bip. Scorzonera sessilis Humb. ex Sch.Bip. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |