Family | ESCALLONIACEAE |
Genus species | Tribeles australis Phil. |
Bibliography | Linnaea 33: 307 (1864) |
Native Range | s. Argentina to s. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 0-1300m |
Description | leaves alternate, sessile, oblong-elliptic, 6-12mm long, coriaceous, usually tridentate, flowers solitary, stellate, on short lateral shoots |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pale bluish, white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chalepoa magellanica Hook. Tribeles philippii Macloskie |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLS Chile South) |