Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Rindera graeca (A.DC.) Boiss. & Heldr. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 7: 30 (1846) |
Native Range | Greece |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1300-2300m |
Description | appressed velutinous, basal leaves 3-12cm, linear to oblanceolate, grey villose, stem leaves smaller, inflorescence subumbellate, corolla 10-12mm, subcylindrical |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C root cuttings in late winter |
Synonyms | Cynoglossum graecum (A.DC.) Greuter & Burdet Mattia bracteata Orph. ex Boiss. Mattia graeca A.DC. Mattia schmidtii Heldr. Rindera graeca var. bracteata Boiss. & Orph. ex Kusn. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |