Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Eritrichium petiolare W.T.Wang |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 516 (1980) |
Native Range | Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4500-5100m |
Description | basal leaves oblanceolate to narrowly oblong, 2-8cm, obtuse, stem leaves sessile, similar, inflorescence terminal, racemose, corolla campanulate-rotate, limb ca. 7mm across |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |