Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Genus species | Polygala patagonica Phil. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | leaves linear-filiform, 3cm long, remote, flowers in short, dense raceme, sepals 5mm, 4-6-veined, lateral petals with blue apex |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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
Southern South America (Argentina South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLYGALACEAE
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