Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Valeriana tenuifolia Ruiz & Pav. |
Bibliography | Fl. Peruv. 1: 39 (1798) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves in rosette, flat, linear-lanceolate, 3-5cm long, entire, uninerved, acerose, rigid, glabrous, flowers in the midst of rosettes, peduncles thick, connate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Phyllactis rigida var. tenuifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) B.B.Larsen Phyllactis tenuifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Valeriana rigida var. tenuifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) B.Eriksen ex B.León & J.Roque |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |