Family | BIGNONIACEAE |
Genus species | Argylia bifrons Phil. |
Bibliography | Anales Univ. Chile 90: 210 (1895) |
Native Range | n. Chile (Atacama) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-3500m |
Description | leaves adaxially white lanate, 9-20mm wide, palmatipartite, segments 5-9, wide, pinnatipartite, flowers in small branched racemes, 25-35mm long, in throat orange stripped |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division of resting tubers |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |