Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Plantago nubicola (Decne.) Rahn |
Bibliography | Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 197 (1996) |
Native Range | Bolivia to s. Peru and nw. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2000-4800m |
Description | leaves 2-4cm, linear, hirsute, glabrescent, carnose, flowers in spherical heads, 1cm broad, bracts ovate, acuminate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
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 spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Bougueria nubicola Decne. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |