Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche lorentzii A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 584 (1906) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | leaves in rosette, grey, long petiolate, in outline ovate, to 2cm long, pinnatifid, segments 5, pinnatisect, flowers sessile, ca. 17mm long, petals oblong, retuse |
Size | 5-9cm |
Color | dark purple, red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |