Family | RHAMNACEAE |
Genus species | Ochetophila nana (Clos) Kellermann & al. |
Bibliography | New. Zealand J. Bot. 43: 867 (2005) |
Native Range | s. & w. Argentina to c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 1000-3800m |
Description | branchlets spinose, leaves subsessile, narrowly obovate, solid, 4-9mm long, verticillate, flowers solitary, pedicellate, calyx carnose, tubular, white |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months, cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Colletia nana Clos Colletia stipellacea Phil. Discaria nana (Clos) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Weberb. Discaria nana var. inermis Kuntze Discaria nana var. prostrata Hicken Discaria nana var. spinosa Kuntze Discaria prostrata Reiche Discaria prostrata var. inermis Chodat & Wilczek Discaria prostrata var. nana (Clos) Suess. Ochetophila parvifolia Miers Ochetophila prostrata Miers |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) |