Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Lysipomia montioides Kunth |
Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 3: 320 (1819) |
Native Range | Colombia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Wet Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-4800m |
Description | glabrous, stems procumbent, leaves spathulate, entire, subcarnose, flowers axillary, pedicellate, calyx lobes oval, obtuse, unequal |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | blue, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Lobelia limoselloides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |