Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Onosma caucasica Levin |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | montane-subalpine |
Description | grey-green, setose, leaves 5-8mm wide, oblong, at margins revolute, inflorescence many flowered, corolla 22-28mm long, nutlets 3-4mm with short rostrum |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | lemmon yellow, white |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BORAGINACEAE
caucasica oligotricha T.N.Popova, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 15: 207 (1979)
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