Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Valeriana sedifolia d´Urv. |
Bibliography | Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 612 (1826) |
Native Range | s. Argentina to s. Chile, Falkland Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | leaves 3-7cm long, oblong to oblanceolate, acute, thick, carnose, pale green, flowers to 2.5mm long, 3-7, in cymes, closely above leaves |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Aretiastrum azorelloides (Speg.) Skottsb. Aretiastrum magellanicum (Speg.) Skottsb. Aretiastrum sedifolium (d´Urv.) Graebn. Phyllactis magellanica Speg. Phyllactis magellanica var. azorelloides Speg. Phyllactis sedifolia (d‘Urv.) Wedd. Valeriana magellanica Hombr. & Jacquinot ex Decne. Valeriana magellanica var. azorelloides (Speg.) Macloskie Valeriana sedoides Hombr. & Jacquinot ex Decne. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLS Chile South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |