Family | LENTIBULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Pinguicula calyptrata Kunth |
Synonyms | Pinguicula huilensis Cuatrec. |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1500-4100m |
Description | leaves obovate-oblong to elliptic, curvate and subcarnose, yellow-green, 1-3cm long, flowers with white or blue throat, 10-15mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale violet, purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | rosette |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, moist, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; gemmae on peat |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia , Colombia , Ecuador) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LENTIBULARIACEAE
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