Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Ramonda myconi (L.) Rchb. |
Bibliography | Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 388 (1831) |
Native Range | c. & e. Pyrenees, ne. Spain |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | leaves large, ovate, weakly corrugate, dentate, long red hirsute, flowers 3-5, openly pentamerous, with yellow centre and long style |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lavender-blue |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Chaixia myconi (L.) Lapeyr. Lobirota pyrenaica Dulac Myconia borraginoides Lapeyr. Ramonda chloropoda Jord. Ramonda crenulata Jord. Ramonda floribunda Jord. Ramonda lobulosa Jord. Ramonda micoi Pau Ramonda pyrenaica Rich. Ramonda pyrenaica var. lazaroi Rivas Mateos Ramonda scapiflora J.St.-Hill. Verbascum alpinum Salisb. Verbascum myconi L. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) |