Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Valeriana castellanosii Borsinii |
Bibliography | Gen. Sp. Pl. Argent. [H.R.Descole] 2: 325 (1944) |
Native Range | Bolivia to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4200-5000m |
Description | leaves spathulate, flatly petiolate, entire, rounded, glabrous, univeined, stem leaves absent, flowers in compact, terminal cyme |
Size | 3-8cm |
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 |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |