Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Knowltonia helleborifolia (DC.) Christenh. & Byng |
Bibliography | Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1500-3500m |
Description | basal leaves coriaceous, numerous, long petiolate, pedatisect, segments glabrous, thick, cuneate, trifid, acute, lobes serrate, flowers in composite umbel, sepals 5 |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 10-13°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Anemone aequinoctialis Poepp. Anemone helleborifolia DC. Anemonidium helleborifolium (DC.) Starod. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |