Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Haberlea rhodopensis Friv. |
Bibliography | Magyar Tud. Társ. Évkon 2: 249 (1835) |
Native Range | c. & s. Bulgaria to ne. Greece |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 0-1950m |
Description | leaves subglabrous, ovate-oblong, coarsely dentate, obtuse, flowers 2-4, scapose, from centre of leaf rosette, pentamerous, tubular, throat white, yellow punctate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | bright lilac |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Haberlea ferdinandi-coburgi Urum. Haberlea rhodopensis var. ferdinandi-coburgi (Urum.) Markov |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece) |