Tillandsia argentina
Tillandsia argentina is a small, silvery air plant of subgenus Aerobia from the dry hills of northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia. Most records come from Catamarca, Córdoba, La Rioja, Salta and Tucumán. It lives through hot, wet summers and cold, bone-dry winters with frost. It wants very bright light, strong airflow and a real dry winter rest.
Where it grows wild
GBIF records come from arid to semi-arid foothills and valleys: Chaco serrano and monte scrub around Catamarca, La Rioja and the Córdoba sierras. There it grows exposed on shrubs, small trees and rocks. The sources consulted give no detailed host data, but the region's vegetation is open and sunny.
Records with elevations span roughly 500–1,950 m, with most between about 550 and 1,900 m.
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