Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Giliastrum foetidum (Gillies ex Benth.) J.M.Porter |
Synonyms | Gilia foetida Gillies ex Benth. |
Navarretia foetida (Gillies ex Benth.) Kuntze | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2000-3000m |
Description | densely glandular-hirsute, stems ramose, leaves pinnatifid, segments broadly linear to ovate, acerose, sparsely dentate, flowers 15-18mm long, terminal, solitary, pedicellate |
Size | 10-12cm |
Color | white, blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLEMONIACEAE
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