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Decalepidanthus elongatus (Decne.) Dickoré & Hilger  
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FamilyBORAGINACEAE
Genus speciesDecalepidanthus elongatus (Decne.) Dickoré & Hilger 
BibliographyPhytotaxa 226: 135 (2015)
Native Rangen. Pakistan to w. Himalaya
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatgrassland
Altitude2500-3000m
Descriptionshortly appresed hirsute, basal leaves 4-8cm, petiolate, oblanceolate to lanceolate, acute, stem leaves similar, sessile, flowers in scorpioid cyme, corolla campanulate
Size15-20cm
Colorbright blue
Bloomearly summer
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsEritrichium elongatum (Decne.) A.DC.
Lithospermum elongatum Decne.
Mertensia elongata (Decne.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke
Pseudomertensia elongata (Decne.) Riedl
Pseudomertensia moltkioides var. leichtlinii Kazmi
Territory4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya)
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