Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche obcuneata (Baker.f.) A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 579 (1906) |
Native Range | Peru to n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3600-5200m |
Description | leaves crowded, purple-grey, petiolate, leaves reniform, flabellate-9-13-sect, 8-9mm wide, adaxially subglabrous, segments lobate, flowers to 2cm, petals retuse |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 | Malva parnasiifolia var. lobulata Wedd. Malvastrum lobulatum Wedd. Malvastrum obcuneatum Baker f. Nototriche bicolor Pax Nototriche lobulata (Wedd.) J.F.Macbr. Nototriche obcuneata var. cinerea A.W.Hill Nototriche ticsanica Ulbr. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |