Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Onosma alborosea Fisch. & C.A.Mey. |
Bibliography | Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 5: 38 (1839) |
Native Range | w. Iran to Syria and Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-2800m |
Description | stem finely hirsute, leaves narrow, oblong, obtuse, to base tapered, subsessile, scabrous, grey-green, flowers long, tubular, pubescent, in small raceme |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white fading red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Onosma alborosea var. albiflora Bornm. Onosma alborosea var. macrocarpa Bornm. Onosma cinerea var. macrocarpa (Bornm.) Stroh Onosma congesta DC. Onosma davisii Riedl Onosma mutabilis Boiss. Onosma tschihatschevii Popov |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |