Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche macleanii (A.Gray) A.W.Hill |
Synonyms | Malvastrum macleanii A.Gray |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4300-4600m |
Description | leaves imbricate, grey-green, petiolate, flabellate-palmatisect, 10-12mm wide, abaxially lanate-tomentose, trilobate, flowers 3-4cm long, petals retuse |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bluish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub, cushion |
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) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | MALVACEAE
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