Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Pedicularis caucasica M.Bieb. |
Bibliography | Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 72 (1808) |
Native Range | Caucasus to n. Iran and ne & e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves oblong-linear, pinnatisect, segments short, oblong, incised or pinnatifid, stem leaves in whorls, flowers in ovoid spike, calyx hirsute |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Pedicularis armena Boiss. & A.Huet Pedicularis nudicaulis K.Koch Pedicularis persica Willd. ex Steven |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |