Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche argyllioides A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 6: 245 (1909) |
Native Range | w. Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4000-4600m |
Description | leaves in rosette, grey pubescent, long petiolate, ovate, palmatilobate or -sect, 8-12mm wide, segments lobate or pinnate, flowers 18-20mm long, petals obovate |
Size | 5-9cm |
Color | pinkish violet, white |
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. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |