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Plantago nubigena Kunth trib. Plantaginae 
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FamilyPLANTAGINACEAE
Genus speciesPlantago nubigena Kunth trib. Plantaginae
BibliographyNov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 2: 227 (1818)
Native RangeColombia to Ecuador
Primary BiomeMontane Tropial
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionacaulescent, caespitose, leaves sessile, narrowly linear, acute, white sericeous, inflorescence spicate, orbiculate, few-flowered, bracts oblong, acute
Size5-12cm
Color
Bloomspring
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
cuttings of rosettes in late summer
SynonymsPlantago frigida Willd.
Plantago multiceps Kunth
Plantago sericea ssp. nubigena (Kunth) Rahn
Territory8 Southern America
     83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador)
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