Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Valeriana imbricata Killip |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-3500m |
Description | branchlets very numerous, leaves linear-spathulate, 3-5mm, obtuse, revolute, ciliate, flowers dioecious, tube of corolla 4-5mm, thin, corolla lobes 3 |
Size | 4-6cm |
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 (Ecuador , Peru) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CAPRIFOLIACEAE
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