Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Daboecia azorica Tutin & E.F.Warb. |
Bibliography | J. Bot. 70: 12 (1932) |
Native Range | Azores |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 900-2200m |
Description | branchlets glandular hirsute, leaves oval, revolute, dark green, abaxially white lanate, flowers pendent, urceolate, with four revolute lobes, up to ten in erect cymes |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | pinkish red |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Daboecia azorica f. albiflora D.C.McClint Daboecia cantabrica f. albiflora (D.C.McClint) E.C.Nelson Daboecia cantabrica ssp. azorica (Tutin & E.F.Warb.) D.C.McClint |
Territory | 2 Africa 21 Macaronesia (AZO Azores) |