Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche longirostris (Wedd.) A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 579 (1906) |
Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4000-5000m |
Description | leaves in lax rosette, green, long petiolate, in outline ovate, pinnatifid, adaxially glabrous, segments entire, flowers ca. 15mm long, petals obovate, retuse |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lilac |
Bloom | summer |
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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. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Malvastrum longirostre Wedd. Malveopsis longirostris (Wedd.) Kuntze Nototriche aristata A.W.Hill |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |