Family | VERBENACEAE |
Genus species | Verbena sulphurea D.Don |
Bibliography | Brit. Fl. Gard. [R.Sweet] ser. 2, 3: t. 221 (1833) |
Native Range | wc. Argentina to c. & n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 2600-3300m |
Description | branchlets hirsute, leaves glandular, shortly petiolate, tripinnatipartite or -sect, segments linear, acute, inflorescence spicate, dense, spherical, many flowered |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | yellow, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Glandularia sulphurea (D.Don) Schnack & Covas Shuttleworthia diceras Meisn. Shuttleworthia sulphurea (D.Don) Meisn. Uwarowia chrysanthemifolia Bunge Uwarowia sulphurea (D.Don) Schauer Verbena diceras Bertero ex Steud. Verbena dissecta Poepp. ex Schauer Verbena sulphurea var. longituba Kuntze Verbena sulphurea var. scabra Acevedo |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North) |