Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Mniodes andina (A.Gray) A.Gray ex Cuatrec. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Fol. Biol. Andina 1: 3 (1954) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4600-4900m |
Description | stem leafy, cylindrical, leaves oblong to subobovate, 3-4mm long, rounded, grey lanate, capitula solitary, terminal, phyllaries oblong-linear |
Size | 1-5cm |
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, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Antennaria andina A.Gray |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |