Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Geranium exallum H.E.Moore |
Bibliography | Brittonia 13: 142 (1961) |
Native Range | Ecuador (Azuay) |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-3400m |
Description | leaves heath-like, entire, coriaceous, dark green, densely along branchlets, petiole 5mm, broad, flowers solitary, ca. 18mm across, pedicels erect, to 3cm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador) |