Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Bowlesia tropaeolifolia Gillies & Hook. |
Bibliography | Bot. Misc. 1: 325 (1830) |
Native Range | Peru to s. South America |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 100-5000m |
Description | glabrous, leaves 2-4cm wide, cordate, palmatipinnate, segments 5-7, ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, long petiolate, stipules lanceolate, umbels 3-flowered, shortly pedunculate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Bowlesia cirrosa Phil. Bowlesia diversifolia Meyen ex Walp. Bowlesia flexilis Meyen Bowlesia pulchella Wedd. Bowlesia rupestris H.Wolff Bowlesia tropaeolifolia var. cirrosa (Phil.) Reiche Bowlesia tropaeolifolia var. gayana Domin Bowlesia tropaeolifolia var. heterophylla Speg. Bowlesia tropaeolifolia var. patagonica Speg. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North, CLS Chile South) |