Family | OXALIDACEAE |
Genus species | Oxalis loricata Dusén |
Bibliography | Öfvers. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. 58: 247 (1901) |
Native Range | s. Argentina to s. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | leaves palmatipinnate, leaflets 5-12, orbiculate-obcordate, emarginate, with red margins, flowers solitary, 10-25mm long, dark striate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, rose, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLS Chile South) |