Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Lomelosia asterusica (Greuter) P.M.Sl. |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | Crete |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 450-1800m |
Description | densely hispid, leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, 2-4cm, broadly elliptic, entire, floral heads pedunculate, 2-4cm, flat, bracts of involucre broadly linear |
Size | 20-45cm |
Color | whitish, pale rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Lomelosia minoana ssp. asterusica (Greuter) Greuter & Burdet Scabiosa asterusica (Greuter) Jasiewicz & Pawl. Scabiosa minoana ssp. asterusica Greuter, Candollea 22: 241 (1967) |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) |