Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche purpurascens A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 7: 249 (1909) |
Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3700-5200m |
Description | leaves in rosette. green, long petiolate, broadly ovate, palmatisect, abaxially densely tomentose, adaxially glabrous, segments entire, flowers 2cm long, petals truncate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | brownish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |