Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche alternata A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 7: 241 (1909) |
Native Range | Peru to n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-5000m |
Description | leaves crowded, imbricate, petiolate, broadly cuneate, flabellate-7-fid, 6-7mm wide, tomentose, segments 3-5-fid or entire, flowers 15-16mm long, petals obovate |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |