Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Onosma sericea Willd. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 774 (1798) |
Native Range | Iran to Caucasus and Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 400-2500m |
Description | leaves lanceolate to obovate, 2-10cm, appressed sericeous, corolla to 2cm long, narrowly infundibuliform |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
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 |
Synonyms | Colsmannia flava Lehm. Onosma brachysolen Boiss. Onosma elegans K.Koch Onosma elegans var. gundelsheimeri K.Koch Onosma flava (Lehm.) Vatke ex Boiss. Onosma flavida Boiss. Onosma tripartita Hochst. Symphytum armenum DC. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |