Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Wulfenia orientalis Boiss. trib. Veronicae |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 4: 75 (1844) |
Native Range | n. Lebanon to s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 200-2100m |
Description | leaves narrowly obovate to spathulate, glabrous, bright green, irregularly dentate, margins red, flowers narrowly tubular, tetramerous, in lax spike, calyx brownish purple |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | bright bluish lilac |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |