Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Geranium nivale R.Knuth |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 563 (1906) |
Native Range | c. Peru |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3800-4100m |
Description | leaves coriaceous, 7mm long, reniform, pinnate to five broadly, oblanceolate and orbiculate segments, usually entire, flowers solitary, campanulate, 2cm across |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |