Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Moltkia suffruticosa (L.) Brand |
Bibliography | Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl. [W.D.J.Koch] ed. 3: 1999 (2010) |
Native Range | n. Italy |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 700-1200m |
Description | densely leafy, with trailing rootstock, leaves linear, acute, scabrous, adaxially green, abaxially whitish, corolla 13-16mm long, narrowly campanulate, erect |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gymnoleima graminifolium Decne. Lithodora graminifolia Griseb. Lithospermum fruticosum Vitm. Lithospermum graminifolium Viv. Lithospermum suffruticosum (L.) A.Kern. Moltkia graminifolia (Decne.) Nyman Pulmonaria suffruticosa L. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |