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Onosma alborosea Fisch. & C.A.Mey.  
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FamilyBORAGINACEAE
Genus speciesOnosma alborosea Fisch. & C.A.Mey. 
BibliographyIndex Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 5: 38 (1839)
Native Rangew. Iran to Syria and Turkey
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude1800-2800m
Descriptionstem finely hirsute, leaves narrow, oblong, obtuse, to base tapered, subsessile, scabrous, grey-green, flowers long, tubular, pubescent, in small raceme
Size10-15cm
Colorwhite fading red
Bloomsummer
Ca+
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsOnosma 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
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey)
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