Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Niphogeton azorelloides Mathias & Constance |
Bibliography | Brittonia 14: 150 (1962) |
Native Range | Ecuador to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4500m |
Description | glabrous, leaves subcoriaceous, yellow-green, crowded, oblong, 4-9mm, trisect, segments linear, acute, umbel terminal, compound, petals broadly ovate, obtuse |
Size | 2-4cm |
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 when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |