Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche alternata A.W.Hill |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-5000m |
Description | leaves crowded, imbricate, petiolate, broadly cuneate, flabellate-7-fid, 6-7mm wide, tomentose, segments 3-5-fid or entire, flowers 15-16mm long, petals obovate |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
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 |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Peru ) Southern South America (Chile North) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | MALVACEAE
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