Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla weddellii J.F.Macbr. |
Bibliography | Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 1106 (1938) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | stems sparsely pilose, leaves petiolate, leaflets 3, broadly ovate-orbiculate, 15mm long, dentate, grey pubescent, flowers few, crowded, petals 4mm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
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, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |