Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Lysipomia aretioides Kunth |
Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 3: 321 (1819) |
Native Range | Ecuador to Peru |
Primary Biome | Wet Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-3800m |
Description | leaves 3-7mm, lanceolate, acute, at base tapered, entire, ciliate or glabrous, flowers 3-7mm long, sessile amongst leaves, calyx lobes equal, glabrous |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | brownish yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Lobelia adenophora Schult. Lobelia willdenowiana Schult. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |