Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Onosma ovalifolia Kotschy & Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 4: 196 (1875) |
Native Range | n. Iraq to s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1400-1500m |
Description | thinly setose, stems densely leafy, the lower shortly petiolate, ovate-spathulate, upper leaves smaller, oblong, acute, flowers in dense head, corolla cylindrical |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |