Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche aretioides (A.Gray) A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 580 (1906) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3700-4800m |
Description | leaves crowded, green, petiolate, in outline suborbiculate, trifid, densely stellate-tomentose, 3mm long, flowers subsessile, ca. 15mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bluish lilac |
Bloom | summer |
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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 |
Synonyms | Malvastrum aretioides A.Gray Malveopsis aretioides (A.Gray) Kuntze Nototriche rauhii Hochr. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |