Family | OXALIDACEAE |
Genus species | Oxalis ptychoclada Diels |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 425 (1906) |
Native Range | sw. Colombia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-4000m |
Description | leaves in rosette, crowded, ternate, petiolate, leaflets glabrous, margins membranous, 5-6mm, obcordate, carnose, glaucous, peduncles 4-10-flowered, corolla 12-15mm, conical |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |