Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Menonvillea virens (Phil.) Rollins |
Synonyms | Hexaptera virens Phil. |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 2000-5000m |
Description | leaves broadly obovate to oblanceolate, dark green, sometimes apically dentate, flowers 6-8mm across in dense head, fragrant |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina Northwest , Chile North) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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