Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Hamadryas magellanica Lam. |
Synonyms | Adonis magellanica (Lam.) Raeusch |
Hamadryas tomentosa DC. | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 0-1000m |
Description | leaves 2-7cm wide, triangular to orbiculate in outline, 3-5-lobate, flowers 2-5 in raceme, corolla with 12-16 linear to lanceolate petals |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, carpet |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 10-13°C division after flowering and in fall |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
magellanica paniculata (Hook.f.) Lourteig, Darwiniana 9: 437 (1951)
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