Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche pediculariifolia (Meyen) A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 579 (1906) |
Native Range | Peru to n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4200-4700m |
Description | leaves in rosette, grey tomentose, long petiolate, leaves cordate, palmatisect, segments 5-7-fid, incised-crenate, flowers ca. 15mm long, petals linear |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Malvastrum pediculariifolium (Meyen) A.Gray Malveopsis pediculariifolia (Meyen) Kuntze Nototriche incana Turcz. Sida pediculariifolia Meyen |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |