Family | VERBENACEAE |
Genus species | Junellia pappigera (Phil.) N.O‘Leary & P.Peralta |
Bibliography | Syst. Bot. 34: 784 (2009) |
Native Range | sw. Bolivia to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3100-4800m |
Description | leaves firmly crowded, sessile, ovate, abaxially ciliate, 12-15mm long, flowers 3-5mm long in subsessile, terminal heads |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | rich pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Urbania eganioides Phil. Urbania pappigera Phil. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |