Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Pedicularis incurva Benth. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 10: 566 (1846) |
Native Range | Colombia to Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-4500m |
Description | glabrous, basal leaves pinnatipartite, segments ovate or oblong, incised-crenate, spike elongate, interrupted, flowers shortly pedicellate, calyx tubular |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | 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, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador) |