Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Valeriana aschersoniana Graebn. |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4300-4700m |
Description | leaves minute, coriaceous, imbricate, hardly 2mm long, abaxially intensely dilated and plumose, to the apex triquetrous, obtuse, flowers few amongst upper leaves |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia , Peru) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CAPRIFOLIACEAE
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