Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Hamadryas kingii Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Antarct.: 228 (1845) |
Native Range | s. Argentina to s. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 500-2000m |
Description | densely white lanate, leaves rhombic, ca. 3cm wide, petioles thick, flat, blade 3-5-lobate or deeply crenate, flowers 2-3cm across, with 20-30 obtuse petals |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow-green |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 10-13°C division after flowering and in fall |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLS Chile South) |