Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Plantago nubigena Kunth trib. Plantaginae |
Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 2: 227 (1818) |
Native Range | Colombia to Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropial |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, caespitose, leaves sessile, narrowly linear, acute, white sericeous, inflorescence spicate, orbiculate, few-flowered, bracts oblong, acute |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Plantago frigida Willd. Plantago multiceps Kunth Plantago sericea ssp. nubigena (Kunth) Rahn |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador) |