Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Paronychia weberbaueri Chaudri |
Bibliography | Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 285: 190 (1968) |
Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | leaves crowded, patent, ovate-lanceolate, acerose-mucronate, scabrous, 6-10mm, stipules broadly ovate, long acuminate, glabrous, flowers solitary, axillary, subsessile |
Size | 7-15cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Paronychia polygonoides Muschl. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |