Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Lysipomia pumila (Wedd.) E.Wimm. |
Bibliography | Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(6): 488 (1937) |
Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Wet Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4000-5000m |
Description | glabrous, leaves linear, obtuse, entire, 1-2cm long, flowers axillary, shortly pedicellate, infundibuliform, 7-9mm long, corolla in throat purple-striate |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Rhizocephalum pumilum Wedd., Chlor. Andina 2: 13 (1857) |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |