Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche borussica (Meyen) A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 579 (1906) |
Native Range | Peru to w. Bolivia and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3800-4700m |
Description | leaves in rosette, silvery white tomentose, petiolate, reniform, flabellate-5-7-fid, 7mm wide, segments 3-5-lobate, flowers ca. 15mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Malvastrum borussicum (Meyen) Wedd. Malveopsis borussica (Meyen) Kuntze Sida borussica Meyen Sida rosula Meyen ex Wedd. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |