Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Ramonda heldreichii (Boiss.) C.B.Clarke |
Bibliography | Monogr. Phan. [A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle] 5: 169 (1883) |
Native Range | c. Greece (Olimbos) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 700-1400m |
Description | leaves ovate, entire, obtuse, adaxially densely white sericeous, abaxially rusty lanate, scapes glandular hirsute, flowers 1-2, calyx glandular, lobes ovate, obtuse |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bluish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Haberlea heldreichii Boiss. Jankaea heldreichii (Boiss.) Boiss. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |