Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Obtegomeria caerulescens (Benth.) Doroszenko & P.D.Cantino |
Synonyms | Hedeoma caerulescens Benth. |
Satureja lindeniana Briq. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3900-4300m |
Description | densely leafy, pubescent, leaves minute, oblong, obtuse, sessile, coriaceous, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pubescent erect, whorls 2-6-flowered, calyx 5mm, corolla pubescent |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Colombia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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