Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Mimophytum mexicanum (S.Watson) R.R.Mill ex Holstein & Weigen |
Bibliography | Phytotaxa 288(2): 141 (2016) |
Native Range | ne. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | densely white lanate, leaves petiolate, ovate, 15-25mm long, cordate, acute, flowers solitary, long pedicellate, opposite to stem leaves, shortly tubular, 8mm, lobes ovate, obtuse |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Omphalodes mexicana S.Watson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |