Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Onosma caespitosa Kotschy |
Bibliography | Ins. Cypern [F.J.A.Unger & C.G.T.Kotschy]: 282 (1865) |
Native Range | Cyprus |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 300-950m |
Description | white setose, stems densely leafy, lower leaves crowded, thick, oblong-spathulate, the other lanceolate, flowers few in capitate raceme |
Size | 6-10cm |
Color | lemmon yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus) |