Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Ourisia serpyllifolia Benth. trib. Angelonieae |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 10: 493 (1846) |
Native Range | c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1500-2200m |
Description | minutely pubescent, leaves subsessile, ovate, sparsely dentate, at base tapered to short petiole, flowers solitary, calyx lobes oblong, corolla to 25mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Ourisia melospermoides Phil. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central) |