Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Arnebia densiflora (Ledeb. ex Nordm.) Ledeb. |
Synonyms | Lithospermum densiflorum Ledeb. ex Nordm. |
Arnebia cephalotes A.DC. | |
Munbya conglobata Boiss. | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | basal leaves to 10cm, lanceolate, acute, sessile, entire, appressed hirsute, stem leaves dense, linear-lanceolate, flowers in dense head, 5-10cm broad, limb 2cm in diam. |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | golden-yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Greece ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BORAGINACEAE
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