Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Pycnophyllum stuebelii Mattf. |
Bibliography | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 171 (1922) |
Native Range | w. Bolivia |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4500-5000m |
Description | leaves deccusate, long vaginate, 1-2mm, broadly ovate, rounded, minutely mucronate, convex, at first green, then straw yellow, flowers solitary, petals absent |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) |