Family | VERBENACEAE |
Genus species | Junellia juniperina (Lag.) Moldenke |
Bibliography | Lilloa 5: 396 (1940) |
Native Range | s. Peru to nw. Argentina and c. & n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1900-3600m |
Description | leaves trisect, connate, segments 5-6mm, narrowly elliptic or linear, rigid, acerose, inflorescence spicate, 2-3cm long, to 30-flowered, bracts oval, acerose, corolla 1cm |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | lilac, blue |
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 winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Verbena juniperina Lag. Verbena juniperina var. grisea I.M.Johnst. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North) |