Family | SOLANACEAE |
Genus species | Jaborosa squarrosa (Miers) Hunz. & Barboza |
Bibliography | Kurtziana 19: 130 (1987) |
Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4700m |
Description | leaves petiolate, glabrous, oblong, 5-7cm long, pinnate, segments triangular, flowers shortly pedicellate, 13-17mm long, tubular-campanulate, in centre of rosette |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale blue, pink |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Dorystigma crispum Miers Dorystigma squarrosum Miers Jaborosa crispa (Miers) Benth. & Hook.f. Jaborosa leiocalyx Dammer Lonchestigma crispum (Miers) Dunal Lonchestigma squarrosum (Miers) Dunal |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |