Family | CALYCERACEAE |
Genus species | Moschopsis leyboldii Phil. |
Bibliography | Anales Univ. Chile 27: 335 (1865) |
Native Range | w. Argentina to c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4500m |
Description | akin to M. rosulata, but rosettes usually solitary, leaves entire, spathulate-rhombic, 12-25mm long, inflorescence hemispherical, sessile, 25-30mm broad, corolla 3mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) |