Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Geranium loxense Halfd.-Niels. |
Bibliography | Nordic J. Bot. 16: 273 (1997) |
Native Range | s. Ecuador to nw. Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-3400m |
Description | branchlets erect, leafy, basal leaves deciduous, cordate, palmatifid, glabrous, the upper leaves alternate, lanceolate, flowers solitary, petals 8-11mm, entire |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |