Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Anchusa undulata L. |
Synonyms | Anchusa clavata Viv. ex DC. |
Anchusa nonneoides Fisch. & C.A.Mey. | |
Anchusa subglabra Caball. | |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-200m |
Description | leaves linear, 5-15mm long, often sinuate and dentate, flowers to 8mm in diam. in crowded cyme |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | bluish violet, purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
Territory |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (Baleares , Portugal , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Greece) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BORAGINACEAE
undulata granatensis (Boiss.) Valdés, Lagascalia 10(1): 109 (1981)
undulata sartori (Heldr. ex Gusul.) Selvi & Bigazzi, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 142(4): 444 (2003)
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