| Family | MALVACEAE |
| Genus species | Nototriche phyllanthos (Cav.) A.W.Hill |
| Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 579 (1906) |
| Native Range | Ecuador to Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3500-4600m |
| Description | leaves crowded, grey-green, shortly petiolate, orbiculate-reniform, tripartite, 10-13mm wide, segments 3-5-fid, sericeous, adaxially glabrous, flowers 18-20mm long |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | bluish violet |
| 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Malvastrum phyllanthos (Cav.) A.Gray Malvastrum pichinchense (Bonpl.) A.Gray Malveopsis phyllanthos (Cav.) Kuntze Malveopsis pichinchensis (Bonpl.) Kuntze Malveopsis pichinchensis var. decolorans Kuntze Malveopsis pichinchensis var. normalis Kuntze Nototriche pichinchensis (Bonpl.) A.W.Hill Nototriche pichinchensis var. angusta A.W.Hill Sida phyllantha St.Lag. Sida phyllanthos Cav. Sida pichinchensis Bonpl. Sida saxifraga Bonpl. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |