Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Pedicularis olympica Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 4: 83 (1844) |
Native Range | n. Greece to nw. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1700-2300m |
Description | leaves in outline narrowly linear, pinnatipartite, segments short, oblong, obtuse, crenate, stem leaves sessile, small, flowers in compact, ovoid spike, calyx adpressed hirsute |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |