Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Eritrichium splendens Kearney ex W.Wight |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 410 (1902) |
Native Range | Alaska to Yukon |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 100-2000m |
Description | basal leaves narrowly oblanceolate, 1-2cm, tapered to thin petiole, stem leaves linear, sessile, flowers large, few, in raceme, calyx lobes oblong, corolla lobes obovate |
Size | 5-13cm |
Color | bright blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) |