Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Moltkia petraea (Tratt.) Griseb. |
Synonyms | Echium petraeum Tratt. |
Echium rosmarinifolium Vahl | |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | grey sericeous, densely leafy, lower leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, upper leaves linear, smaller, flowers in dense head, calyx lobes linear, corolla obconical |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Albania , Greece , Yugoslavia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BORAGINACEAE
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