Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Valeriana trichomanes Graebn. |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 445 (1906) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-3900m |
Description | glabrous, leaves in outline linear, to 4cm, petiolate, imparipinnate, leaflets ovate, dentate, stem leaves 1-2, minute, sessile, pinnate, flowers in ovoid head |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |