Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Lindelofia longiflora (DC.) Baill. |
Bibliography | Hist. Pl. 10: 379 (1890) |
Native Range | Nepal to ne. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-3300m |
Description | stems ramose, leaves lanceolate, grey-green, 5-6cm long, upper leaves similar, smaller, flowers in scorpioid cyme, calyx lobes ovate-lanceolate, hirsute, corolla 7-9mm long |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | bluish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Anchusopsis longiflora (DC.) Bisch. Cynoglossum longiflorum Royle ex Benth. Cynoglossum longifolium (Leichtlin ex Beck & F.Abel) Greuter & Stier Lindelofia longifolia Leichtlin ex Beck & F.Abel Lindelofia spectabilis Lehm. Omphalodes longiflora DC. Paracaryum longiflorum (DC.) Boiss. Pseudomertensia drummondii Kazmi |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |