Family | LOASACEAE |
Genus species | Loasa humilis F.Phil. |
Bibliography | Anales Univ. Chile 85: 6 (1893) |
Native Range | c. Chile (Maule) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-3100m |
Description | densely hirsute, leaves crowded, linear-lanceolate in outline, pinnatisect, lower segments 2-5-lobate, flowers usually solitary, erect, 18mm across |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | dark yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late spring and summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central) |