Family | FRANCOACEAE |
Genus species | Viviania crenata (Hook.) G.Don |
Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 1: 418 (1831) |
Native Range | c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-2300m |
Description | leaves ovate-orbiculate, obtuse. minute, coarsely dentate, flowers crowded, calyx lobes large, sharply acute, flowers 2cm across |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Macraea crenata Hook. Viviania crenata var. petiolata (Hook. & Arn.) Reiche Viviania petiolata Hook. & Arn. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central) |