Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche orbignyana (Wedd.) A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 579 (1906) |
Native Range | Peru to n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | hirsute, leaves in rosette, petiolate, 10-12mm, flabellate to palmatitripartite, middle segment linear, tridentate, the lateral entire to pinnate, flowers sessile amongst leaves |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | rich blue |
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 copelandii Hieron. Malvastrum orbignyanum Wedd. Malveopsis copelandii (Hieron.) Kuntze Malveopsis orbignyana (Wedd.) Kuntze |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |