Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Globularia alypum L. trib. Globularieae |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 95 (1753) |
Native Range | Medit. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 0-900m |
Description | glabrous, glaucous, leaves few, coriaceous, uninerved, at base attenuate, subsessile, mucronate or tridentate, heads terminal, phyllaries numerous, imbricate, ovate |
Size | 20-90cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alypum monspelliensium Fourr. Alypum salicifolium Fisch. Globularia alypa St.-Lag. Globularia alypum var. pycnantha Sennen & Pau Globularia turbith Willk. Globularia virgata Salisb. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |