Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Plantago polyclada Pilg. trib. Plantaginae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 643 (1906) |
Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | adscendent, leaves crowded on apex of branchlets, narrowly linear, obtuse, shortly white pilose, 3-9cm, on base vaginate, floral peduncles short, spike spherical |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Plantago sericea ssp. polyclada (Pilg.) Rahn |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |