Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Alchemilla elgonensis Mildbr. |
Bibliography | Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 228 (1922) |
Native Range | wc. Kenya to e. Uganda |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3900-4000m |
Description | white lanate, leaves cuneate, on apex tridentate, margins revolute, 7-10mm, inflorescence axillary, outer sepals subulate-lanceolate, acute, the inner longer, ovate, acute |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
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, 16-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 25 East Tropical Africa (KEN Kenya, UGA Uganda) |