Family | VERBENACEAE |
Genus species | Junellia minima (Meyen) Moldenke |
Bibliography | Lilloa 5: 398 (1940) |
Native Range | s. Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2800-4700m |
Description | rooting, leaves entire, imbricate, linear-subulate, acerose, glabrous, flowers 2-4, terminal, sessile, calyx lobes obtuse, ciliate, corolla in throat shortly barbate |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | lilac, white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Junellia hayekii Moldenke Junellia minima var. strigosa Moldenke Junellia straguloides Moldenke Verbena aretioides Hayek Verbena minima Meyen Verbena polycnemoides Lag. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |