Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Valeriana ledoides Graebn. |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 445 (1906) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3300-3400m |
Description | branchlets densely tomentose, leaves oblong or linear-oblong, 1-2cm, 3-5mm wide, obtuse, entire, abaxially tomentose, inflorescence dense, cymose, subspherical |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |