Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Knowltonia mexicana (Kunth) Christenh. & Byng |
Bibliography | Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018) |
Native Range | Mexico to Guatemala |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | basal leaves long petiolate, ternate, leaflets rhombic-ovate, trifid, crenate-serrate, adaxially pubescent, thinly lanate, flowers pentamerous, sepals obtuse |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | white, purple |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 10-13°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Anemone hemsleyi Britton Anemone mexicana Kunth Anemonidium mexicanum (Kunth) Starod. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXS Mexico Southwest, MXT Mexico Southeast) 8 Southern America 80 Central America (GUA Guatemala) |