Family | ARALIACEAE |
Genus species | Hydrocotyle humboldtii A.Rich. |
Bibliography | Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 4: 173 (1820) |
Native Range | Colombia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1500-3500m |
Description | leaves peltate, long petiolate, 5-6-lobate, lobes shortly ovate, acute, biserrate, reticulate, abaxially pale, adaxially green, umbels solitary, long pedunculate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Hydrocotyle humboldtii var. isoloba (Wedd.) Mathias Hydrocotyle humboldtii var. macrophylla Mathias Hydrocotyle humboldtii var. pubescens Mathias Hydrocotyle isoloba Wedd. Hydrocotyle quinqueloba f. subglabra Urb. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |