Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Decalepidanthus elongatus (Decne.) Dickoré & Hilger |
Bibliography | Phytotaxa 226: 135 (2015) |
Native Range | n. Pakistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-3000m |
Description | shortly appresed hirsute, basal leaves 4-8cm, petiolate, oblanceolate to lanceolate, acute, stem leaves similar, sessile, flowers in scorpioid cyme, corolla campanulate |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | bright blue |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Eritrichium elongatum (Decne.) A.DC. Lithospermum elongatum Decne. Mertensia elongata (Decne.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke Pseudomertensia elongata (Decne.) Riedl Pseudomertensia moltkioides var. leichtlinii Kazmi |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |