Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Alchemilla andina (L.M.Perry) J.F.Macbr. |
Bibliography | Candollea 5: 366 (1934) |
Native Range | w. South America |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1000-4500m |
Description | subglabrous, leaves tripartite, segments obovate-cuneate, serrate, stipules foliate, inflorescence loosely cymose, pedicels filiform, 3-10mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alchemilla procumbens var. andina L.M.Perry Lachemilla andina (L.M.Perry) Rothm. Lachemilla procumbens var. andina (L.M.Perry) Maguire Lachemilla steinbachii Rothm. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |