Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Plocama calabrica (L.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin |
Synonyms | Asperula calabrica L.f. |
Putoria calabrica (L.f.) DC. | |
Putoria cymosa Pomel | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 150-1100m |
Description | evergreen, leaves 1-2cm, obovate to oblong, with revolute margins, rich shiny green, flowers in compact terminal cyme, corolla tube thin, 10-15mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | shrub, carpet |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Greece , Italy , Kriti , Sicilia , Yugoslavia ) Africa Northern Africa (Algeria , Libya , Morocco , Tunisia ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (Cyprus , East Aegean Is. , Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Palestine , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RUBIACEAE
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