Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Plantago lamprophylla Pilg. trib. Plantaginae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 645 (1906) |
Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4000m |
Description | leaves crowded at apex of branchlets, ca. 3-8mm long, thickish, densely white sericeous-pubescent, spikes subsessile, reduced, only 2-flowered, bracts ovate |
Size | 5-8cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Plantago godetii Beauverd Plantago lamprophylla var. humillima Pilg. Plantago nubigena var. acutiloba Wedd. Plantago weberbaueri Pilg. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |