Accession Data

Schlechtendalia luzulifolia

Common Name: Bolão de Ouro (Gold Bullion)

Family: Asteraceae

Country of Origin: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay

Description: Schlechtendalia is an unusual South American genus in the aster family (Asteraceae), representing an ancient basally-diverging lineage. The rosette of grass-like leaves strongly resembles the foliage of a monocot.

Accession Data

Accession #: 202500058

Accession Date: 2025-07-30 00:00:00

Confirmed At: 2026-03-10 19:18:39

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2209

Quantity: 1

Source: private collection

Provenance: Plant donated by Zachary Kashgagian, NECPS, July 2025

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid II

Order: Asterales

Family: Asteraceae

SubFamily: Barnadesioideae

Tribe: Barnadesieae

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Schlechtendalia luzulifolia