Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Polemonium elegans Greene |
Synonyms | Polemonium bicolor Greenm. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | taproot, densely glandular hirsute, leaves mainly basal, pinnate, segments crowded, inflorescence capitate, flowers infundibuliform, 12-15mm long |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | dark blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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, 18-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Washington ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLEMONIACEAE
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