Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Alchemilla hagenia T.C.E.Fr. |
Bibliography | Ark. Bot. 18(11): 33 (1923) |
Native Range | Kenya (Aberdare Mts.) |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-3600m |
Description | leaves orbiculate, to 10cm wide, with 10-17 triangular, densely dentate segments, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sericeous, flowers in panicle to 12cm long |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | green yellow |
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, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 25 East Tropical Africa (KEN Kenya) |