Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Valeriana aschersoniana Graebn. ex Weberb. |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 72 (1905) |
Native Range | w. Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4300-4700m |
Description | leaves minute, coriaceous, imbricate, hardly 2mm long, abaxially intensely dilated and plumose, to the apex triquetrous, obtuse, flowers few amongst upper leaves |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Aretiastrum aschersonianum (Graebn. ex Weberb.) Graebn. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |