Family | CALYCERACEAE |
Genus species | Boopis filifolia Speg. |
Habitat | cold steppes |
Altitude | 0-1000m |
Description | leaves linear, 15-25mm, entire, canaliculate, obtuse, floral head with narrowly cylindrical flowers, corolla with exserted style |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, cushion |
Cultivation | open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings of rosettes 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 | CALYCERACEAE
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