Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Moltkia angustifolia DC. |
Bibliography | Prodr. 10: 72 (1846) |
Native Range | nw. & c. Iran to Iraq |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | scabrously setose, leaves narrowly linear, obtuse, attenuate, flowers in dense terminal raceme, bracts linear, calyx lobes linear, obtuse, corolla glabrous, lobes short |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Echium longifolium Bertol. Heliotropium persicum Aucher ex DC. Moltkia longifolia (Bertol.) Wettst. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq) |