Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche sulphurea A.W.Hill |
Synonyms | Nototriche herrerae Ulbr. ex A.W.Hill |
Nototriche villosissima Hochr. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4600-4700m |
Description | leaves loosely rosulate, densely sulphur-yellow lanate, long petiolate, ovate-cordate, palmatisect, segments pinnatifid, flowers sessile, 2-3cm long, petals cuneate |
Size | 3-9cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | cushion |
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
Western South America (Bolivia , Peru) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | MALVACEAE
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