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Nototriche jamesonii

Nototriche jamesonii
Photo: Hans Stieglitz, CC BY-SA 3.0

Nototriche jamesonii is a rarely cultivated high-altitude Andean herb from Ecuador, known only from wild montane grassland. Little cultivation information exists, so treat it as a specialist alpine plant that needs cool, bright, well-drained conditions.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately when the top of the soil is dry, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Gritty, free-draining alpine or mineral mix with some organic matter.
Temperature
10–20 °C; protect from heat above 25 °C and from frost below 0 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
montane tropical

About

Nototriche jamesonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nototriche jamesonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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