Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Valeriana henrici (Graebn.) B.Eriksen |
Bibliography | Fl. Ecuador 34: 17 (1989) |
Native Range | Ecuador to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 4100-4800m |
Description | taproot, leaves orbiculate-spathulate, carnose, broadly petiolate, pale green to grey, floral heads dense, sessile, 4-6cm broad, flowers 5-fid, 4-5mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Stangea henrici Graebn., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 449 (1906) |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |