Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Lagotis decumbens Rupr. trib. Veronicae |
Bibliography | Sert. Tiansch. [F.von der Osten-Saken]: 64 (1869) |
Native Range | Central Asia to w. China and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 4800-5500m |
Description | basal leaves 5-10, petiolate, ovate-oblong to elliptic, 3-6cm, coarsely dentate, obtuse, stem leaves 3-4, small, spike about 25mm long, compact, flowers ca. 1cm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Gymnandra thomsonii C.B.Clarke ex Hemsl. Lagotis glauca ssp. australis Maxim. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |