Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Arnebia euchroma (Royle) I.M.Johnst. |
Synonyms | Lithospermum euchromon Royle |
Arnebia endochroma Aitch. | |
Arnebia tingens A.DC. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-4000m |
Description | leaves sessile, linear to linear-lanceolate, 7-20cm, stem leaves smaller, cyme terminal, 2-6cm, many flowered, corolla tubular-campanulate, limb 6-10mm in diam., lobes ovate |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | dark purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Turkmenistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan , Iran ) China (Tibet , Xinjiang ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Nepal , Pakistan , West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BORAGINACEAE
euchroma afghanica Sadat, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 28: 151 (1989)
euchroma andarabica Sadat, ibid.
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