Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche argentea A.W.Hill |
Synonyms | Nototriche acuminata A.W.Hill |
Nototriche sericea A.W.Hill | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3300-4500m |
Description | leaves loosely rosulate, densely silvery sericeous, long petiolate, broadly ovate, ternate, 2-3cm long, segments bipinnatifid, flowers 2-5cm long, petals retuse |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white, lilac |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 (Bolivia , Peru ) Southern South America (Chile North) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | MALVACEAE
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