Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Plocama olivieri (A.Rich. ex DC.) M.Backlund & Thulin |
Bibliography | Taxon 56: 324 (2007) |
Native Range | c. Iran to Iraq |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | leaves opposite, linear, acerose-mucronate, on base vaginate-connate, inflorescence terminal and axillary, corolla pubescent, tube filiform |
Size | 12-20cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C basal cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gaillonia olivieri A.Rich. ex DC. Gaillonia rigida A.Rich. Neogaillonia olivieri (A.Rich. ex DC.) Lincz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq) |