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Lindelofia longiflora (DC.) Baill.  
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FamilyBORAGINACEAE
Genus speciesLindelofia longiflora (DC.) Baill. 
BibliographyHist. Pl. 10: 379 (1890)
Native RangeNepal to ne. Pakistan
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatgrassland
Altitude3000-3300m
Descriptionstems 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
Size15-25cm
Colorbluish violet
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAnchusopsis 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
Territory4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya)
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