Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche philippii A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 7: 245 (1909) |
Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3200-4500m |
Description | leaves in rosette, petiolate, orbiculate-cordate, palmati-5-fid, 8mm wide, tomentose, segments pinnatifid, lobes obovate, obtuse, entire, flowers 10-12mm long |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | 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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |