| Family | MALVACEAE |
| Genus species | Acaulimalva nubigena (Walp.) Krapov. |
| Bibliography | Darwiniana 19: 22 (1974) |
| Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2900-4600m |
| Description | leaves long petiolate, ovate or oblong, cuneate, 1-3cm, subglabrous, 5-7-lobate, lobes irregular, crenate, ciliate, flowers solitary |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purplish violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division of tubers in late summer |
| Synonyms | Malva nubigena (Walp.) Wedd. Malvastrum buchtienii Pax Malvastrum fiebrigii Ulbr. Malvastrum nubigenum (Walp.) Baker f. Malvastrum nubigenum var. bipinnatifidum R.E.Fr. Malvastrum tuberculatum A.W.Hill Malveopsis acaulis var. boliviensis Kuntze Nototriche incisa Turcz. Sida nubigena Walp. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |