Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Trigonotis rotundifolia (DC.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India (J.D.Hooker] 4: 172 (1883) |
Native Range | Tibet to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 3600-5600m |
Description | leaves dense, mainly basal, orbiculate to broadly elliptic, cordate, long petiolate, flowers with yellow eye, 6-8mm across, in small, terminal cluster |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bright blue |
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, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Eritrichium rotundifolium DC. Myosotis rotundifolia Wall. ex Benth. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |