Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Hedeoma pulcherrima Wooton & Standl. |
Bibliography | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 168 (1913) |
Native Range | sc. New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2350m |
Description | woody-based, leaves thick, membranous, elliptic-oblong, 8-18mm, entire, sessile, adaxially glabrous, flowers in whorls of 3-5, corolla ca. 7mm |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |