Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Weberbauera smithii Al-Shehbaz |
Bibliography | J. Arnold Arbor. 71: 233 (1990) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 4700-4900m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, glabrous, carnose, broadly spathulate, 1-2cm, entire, obtuse or acute, sepals oblong, deciduous, glabrous, petals spathulate, 6-8mm |
Size | 4-7cm |
Color | creamy |
Bloom | spring |
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 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |