Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Hydrocotyle humboldtii A.Rich. |
Synonyms | Hydrocotyle isoloba Wedd. |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 1500-3500m |
Description | leaves peltate, long petiolate, 5-6-lobate, lobes shortly ovate, acute, biserrate, reticulate, abaxially pale, adaxially green, umbels solitary, long pedunculate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Colombia , Ecuador , Peru) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | APIACEAE
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