Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Neobartsia canescens (Wedd.) Uribe-Convers & Tank |
Synonyms | Bartsia canescens Wedd. |
Bartsia cinerea Diels | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2000-4800m |
Description | densely grey hispid, leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, crenate, flowers sessile in sparse spike, calyx ovate-oblong, purple, lobes linear, corolla 12-18mm |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | yellow-green |
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 winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Peru) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | OROBANCHACEAE
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