Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Daboecia azorica Tutin & E.F.Warb. |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 900-2200m |
Description | branchlets glandular hirsute, leaves oval, revolute, dark green, abaxially white lanate, flowers pendent, urceolate, with four revolute lobes, up to ten in erect cymes |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | pinkish red |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | cushion or carpet |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Territory |
Africa
Macaronesia (Azores) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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