Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Nassauvia ulicina Macloskie trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8: 885 (1906) |
Native Range | s. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | glabrous, leaves subulate, acerose, patent, imbricate, at base vaginate, capitula solitary, terminal, ca. 3-flowered, phyllaries few, achenes lanate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Nassauvia patagonica Speg. Nassauvia patagonica var. elatior Speg. Trianthus ulicinus Hook.f. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South) |