Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Tiquilia grandiflora (Phil.) A.T.Richardson |
Bibliography | Sida 6: 236 (1976) |
Native Range | Peru to n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1400-2500m |
Description | leaves oblong-lanceolate, adaxially densely white setose, abaxially hirsute, at margins revolute, flowers in cluster, calyx hispid, limb 12mm across |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | bluish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Coldenia grandiflora Phil. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |