Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Onosma armena DC. |
Bibliography | Prodr. 10: 59 (1846) |
Native Range | North Caucasus to Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1700-2500m |
Description | leaves shortly linear, margins revolute, the basal obtuse, stem leaves narrow, acute, flowers in terminal racemes producing head, sepals narrowly linear, corolla cylindrical |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 |
Synonyms | Onosma versicolor Schott & Kotschy ex Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |