Family | ARALIACEAE |
Genus species | Hydrocotyle bonplandii A.Rich. |
Bibliography | Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 4: 192 (1820) |
Native Range | nw. Venezuela to w. South America |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1000-4000m |
Description | glabrous, leaves reniform, bicrenate, long petiolate, pilose, umbel 10-15-flowered |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Hydrocotyle bonplandii var. glabra Mathias Hydrocotyle bonplandii var. hirtipes Mathias Hydrocotyle capitata Willd. ex Schult. Hydrocotyle chilensis F.Phil. Hydrocotyle humboldtii Willd. ex DC. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |