Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica bombycina Boiss. & Kotschy subgen. Orientales |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2000-3500m |
Description | white sericeous, leaves minute, sessile, ovate or oblong-spathulate, flowers 1-5, terminal, bracts small, ovate, calyx lobes oblong, obtuse |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue, reddish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | cushion |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Lebanon-Syria) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
bombycina bolkardagensis M.A.Fisch., Pl. Syst. Evol. 128(3-4): 294 (1977)
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