Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche argentea A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 585 (1906) |
Native Range | Peru to w. Bolivia and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
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 | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Notoriche acuminata A.W.Hill Nototriche sericea A.W.Hill |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |