Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Menonvillea cicatricosa (Phil.) Rollins |
Synonyms | Hexaptera cicatricosa Phil. |
Habitat | rocks and screes |
Altitude | 1700-2800m |
Description | only stem leaves, petiolate, entire, spathulate or obovate, carnose, 1-2cm, glabrous or pilose, cuneate, acute, raceme terminal, without bracts, petals 4-6mm |
Size | 7-35cm |
Color | creamy |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina Northwest , Chile Central) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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