Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Omphalodes luciliae Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 4: 41 (1844) |
Native Range | c. & s. Greece to w. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1200-3350m |
Description | basal leaves ovate to spathulate, acute, petiolate, stem leaves smaller, sessile, flowers crateriform, in bud rose-violet, in lax, few flowered cincinnus |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | bright blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |