Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine cordata Barnéoud |
Bibliography | Fl. Chil. [C.Gay] 1: 109 (1846) |
Native Range | Argentina to Chile |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 700-2900m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, orbiculate, lobate or crenate, flowers 7mm across in raceme, siliques erect, to 25mm long |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cardamine andina Phil. Cardamine calbucana Phil. Cardamine cordata var. decumbens (Barnéoud) O.E.Schulz Cardamine decumbens Barnéoud Cardamine hirsuta var. nivalis Hook.f. Cardamine monticosa Phil. Cardamine nivalis Gillies ex Hook. Cardamine nivalis ssp. andina (Phil.) O.E.Schulz Cardamine peteroana Phil. Cardamine rostrata var. alpina Chodat & Wilczek |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |