Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreopolus glacialis (Poepp. & Endl.) Ricardi |
Bibliography | Gayana, Bot. 6: 7 (1963) |
Native Range | Argentina to Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 300-3500m |
Description | taproot, leaves elliptic-ovate, 1-3cm long, grey, flowers 3-6 in cluster, corolla tube very long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | orange, white, yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cruckshanksia glacialis Poepp. Cruckshanksia oblonga F.Meigen Cruckshanksia patagonica (Speg.) Macloskie Oreopolus citrinus Schltdl. Orepolus glacialis var. pilosus Ricardi Oreopolus patagonicus Speg. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |