Family | BIGNONIACEAE |
Genus species | Argylia geranioides A.DC. |
Bibliography | Prodr. 9: 235 (1845) |
Native Range | c. & n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-1500m |
Description | rusty or white lanate, leaves 16-35mm wide, palmatipartite, segments 7-22, pinnatilobate, flowers in branched raceme, inside glabrous, 20-28mm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | ochre |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division of resting tubers |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North) |