Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Lysipomia brachysiphonia (Zahlbr.) E.Wimm. |
Bibliography | Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(6): 484 (1937) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Wet Tropical |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 3000-3200m |
Description | leaves dense, sessile, linear, 15-30mm, dentate, glabrous, flowers solitary, pedicellate, sepals subulate, obtuse, corolla 12mm long, tube narrow, lobes ciliate |
Size | 2-3cm |
Color | pale lilac |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Lysipomia brachysiphonia var. brevifolia (Zahlbr.) E.Wimm. Lysipomia subulata G.Don Rhizocephalum brachysiphonium Zahlbr. Rhizocephalum brachysiphonium var. brevifolium Zahlbr. Rhizocephalum subulatum (G.Don) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |