Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Paronychia mandoniana Rohrb. |
Bibliography | Linnaea 37: 208 (1872) |
Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-5000m |
Description | densely shortly pubescent, leaves crowded, lanceolate, at base cuneate, acerose-mucronate, scabrous, 6-9mm, stipules ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, flowers solitary, axillary |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, 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, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |