Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Hedeoma mandoniana Wedd. |
Bibliography | Chlor. Andina 2: 148 (1860) |
Native Range | s. Peru to nw. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2500-4200m |
Description | pubescent, leaves 3-5mm, rhombic-ovate or orbiculate, obtuse, petiolate, in upper part unequally dentate, whorls 6-flowered, flowers pedicellate, calyx bilabiate, ciliate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hedeoma adscendens Rusby Hedeoma breviflora Griseb. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |