Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Lindelofia olgae (Regel & Smirn.) Brand |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 252(78): 87 (1921) |
Native Range | Central Asia to ne. & e. Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2400-3600m |
Description | green, pubescent, basal leaves shortly petiolate, lanceolate to spathulate, stem leaves linear, flowers in dense heads, corolla lobes short, broad, suborbiculate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | dark purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
Synonyms | Cynoglossum olgae (Regel & Smirn.) Greuter & Stier Lindelofia olgae var. intermedia (Lipsky) Brand Mertensia lindelofioides Rech.f. & Riedl Pseudomertensia lindelofioides (Rech.f. & Riedl) Riedl Solenanthus olgae Regel & Smirn. Solenanthus olgae var. intermedius Lipsky |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |