Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Neobartsia canescens (Wedd.) Uribe-Convers & Tank |
Bibliography | Syst. Bot. 41: 679 (2016) |
Native Range | c. Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2000-4800m |
Description | densely grey hispid, leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, crenate, flowers sessile in sparse spike, calyx ovate-oblong, purple, lobes linear, corolla 12-18mm |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | yellow-green |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Bartsia canescens Wedd. Bartsia cinerea Diels Bellardia canescens (Wedd.) A.Fleischm. & Heubl |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |