Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Lysipomia acaulis Kunth |
Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 3: 321 (1818) |
Native Range | Ecuador to Peru |
Primary Biome | Wet Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3400-4400m |
Description | leaves 10-15mm, linear, obtuse, entire, flat, rigid, in upper part ciliate, flowers numerous, sessile, shorter than leaves, calyx lobes unequal, obtuse, glabrous |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | 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 winter, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Lobelia androsacea Willd. ex Schult. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |