Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Weberbauera trichocarpa (Muschl.) J.F.Macbr. |
Bibliography | Candollea 5: 356 (1934) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4200-4800m |
Description | leaves thick, coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, entire, obtuse, shortly petiolate, stem leaves short, ovate, subsessile, flowers 4-5 in raceme, sepals hirsute, petals 4-5mm long |
Size | 2-6cm |
Color | pinkish |
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 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Alpaminia trichocarpa (Muschl.) O.E.Schulz Brayopsis trichocarpa (Muschl.) Gilg & Muschl. Eudema trichocarpa Muschl. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |