Family | TROPAEOLACEAE |
Genus species | Tropaeolum tricolor Sweet |
Bibliography | Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 270 (1828) |
Native Range | Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-2800m |
Description | stems to 1m long, leaves palmatipinnate, segments 5-7, obovate, flowers ca. 3cm long, spur long orange-red, sepals crimson |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C division of resting tubers |
Synonyms | Chymocarpus jarrattii (Paxton) Heynh. Chymocarpus tricolor (Sweet) Heynh. Tropaeolum dicolorum Sweet Tropaeolum elegans G.Don Tropaeolum incrassatum Steud. Tropaeolum jarrattii Paxton Tropaeolum subincrassatum Steud. Tropaeolum tricolor var. aurantiacum C.Morren Tropaeolum tricolor var. grandiflorum A.Reinecke ex Walp. Tropaeolum tricolor var. jarrattii (Paxton) Lem. Tropaeolum tricolor var. majus Marmock Tropaeolum tricolor var. pallescens Barnéoud Tropaeolum tricolor var. regelianum Möhring ex Regel Tropaeolum tricolor var. schultzii Regel Tropaeolum tricolor var. splendens A.Reinecke ex Walp. Tropaeolum tricolor var. venustum Paxton ex Otto Tropaeolum tricolor var. versicolor C.Morren Trophaeum elegans (G.Don) Kuntze Trophaeum incrassatum (Steud.) Kuntze Trophaeum jarrattii (Paxton) Kuntze Trophaeum tricolor (Sweet) Kuntze |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North, CLS Chile South) |