Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Acaena patagonica A.E.Martic. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1100m |
Description | leaves in outline oblong, 1-3cm, leaflets 5-8 pairs, 3-7mm, obovate-orbiculate, 3-5-partite, lobes linear, margins revolute, adaxially glabrous, inflorescence spicate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ROSACEAE
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