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Moltkia petraea (Tratt.) Griseb.  
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FamilyBORAGINACEAE
Genus speciesMoltkia petraea (Tratt.) Griseb. 
SynonymsEchium petraeum Tratt.
 Echium rosmarinifolium Vahl
Habitatrocks
Descriptiongrey sericeous, densely leafy, lower leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, upper leaves linear, smaller, flowers in dense head, calyx lobes linear, corolla obconical
Size15-30cm
Colorblue
Bloomspring, summer
Ca+
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer
Territory Europe
     Southeastern Europe (Albania , Greece , Yugoslavia)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

BORAGINACEAE

Moltkia petraea (Tratt.) Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2(5-6): 515 (1846)

Basionym:
Echium petraeum Tratt. Thesaur. Bot. 8 (1805)

Synonyms:
Lithospermum petraeum (Tratt.) A.DC.

Echium rosmarinifolium Vahl
Lobostemon rosmarinifolius (Vahl) DC. & A.DC.

Balkan Peninsula
13 ALB GRC YUG

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