Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Pedicularis pontica Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 4: 485 (1879) |
Native Range | Transcaucasus to ne. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves in outline oblong-lanceolate, pinnatipartite, segments oblong, acute, sharply dentate, stem leaves verticillate, flowers in short ovoid spike, calyx lanate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | rose |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |