Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Nototriche flabellata (Wedd.) A.W.Hill |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 579 (1906) |
Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4400-5600m |
Description | leaves in rosettes, long petiolate, suborbiculate, 5-7-sect, 12-15mm wide, floccose-sericeous, segments incised-crenate, flowers 2-3cm long, petals oblong |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | crimson |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Malvastrum flabellatum Wedd. Malveopsis flabellata (Wedd.) Kuntze Nototriche porphyrantha Ulbr. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |