Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Decalepidanthus racemosus (Royle ex Benth.) Dickoré & Hilger |
Bibliography | Phytotaxa 226: 139 (2015) |
Native Range | w. Nepal to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-3000m |
Description | leaves wide, elliptic, hirsute, stem leafy, flowers in terminal clusters, tubes longer than narrow, spreading lobes |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Anchusa racemosa (Royle ex Benth.) DC. Mertensia racemosa (Royle ex Benth.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke Myosotis longiflora Wall. ex G.Don Myosotis racemosa Royle ex Benth. Pseudomertensia racemosa (Royle ex Benth.) Kazmi |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |