Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Tiquilia latior (I.M.Johnst.) A.T.Richardson |
Habitat | semideserts of w. USA |
Description | densely sericeous, leaves rigid, intensely revolute, linear, 5-15mm long, flowers solitary, axillary, sessile, tube 3-6mm long, lobes broadly orbiculate, 1-2mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BORAGINACEAE
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