Family | OXALIDACEAE |
Genus species | Oxalis ericoides R.Knuth |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV. 130(95): 182 (1930) |
Native Range | n. Chile (Antofagasta) |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-3000m |
Description | stems densely leafy, leaves ternate, leaflets entire, lanceolate-linear, thick, glaucous, glabrous, flowers pedicelate, solitary, sepals ovate, acute, glabrous |
Size | 13-18cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |