Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Valeriana speluncaria Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 3: 88 (1875) |
Native Range | s. & se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1300-3600m |
Description | glaucous, leaves carnose, minute, ovate or orbiculate, the lower trisect, segments ovate, stem leaves sometimes entire, flowers numerous in lax corymb, bracts hirsute |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |