Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche purpurascens A.W.Hill |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3700-5200m |
Description | leaves in rosette. green, long petiolate, broadly ovate, palmatisect, abaxially densely tomentose, adaxially glabrous, segments entire, flowers 2cm long, petals truncate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | brownish red |
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) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | MALVACEAE
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