Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Caltha phylloptera A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 32: 433 (1918) |
Native Range | Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Description | leaves long petiolate, cordate-ovate, 1-3cm long, entire, at apex emarginate, basal appendages elliptic, flowers solitary, tepals 5-7, linear, 8-10mm long |
Size | 2-8cm |
Color | white, pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Psychrophila phylloptera (A.W.Hill) H.Eichler |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) |