Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Caltha sagittata Cav. |
Synonyms | Caltha alata A.W.Hill |
Caltha involuta A.W.Hill | |
Psychrophila sagittata (Cav.) W.A.Weber | |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 0-3500m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, sagittate to suborbiculate, minutely crenate, appendages rhombic, lobate, dentate, peduncles thick, shorter than leaves |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, moist, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia , Ecuador , Peru ) Southern South America (Argentina South , Argentina Northwest , Chile Central , Chile South ) Antarctic Subantarctic Islands (Falkland Is.) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
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