Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Pyrola decorata Andres |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 7 (1913) |
Native Range | c. & s. China to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 600-3000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, pale veined, oblong, 5-7cm long, thinly coriaceous, remote-denticulate, acute, flowers 4-10 in raceme, corolla crateriform, 10-15mm, sepals ovate-oblong |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | pale green, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in early spring; cuttings in early and late summer |
Synonyms | Pyrola alba Andres Pyrola alba var. viridiflora Andres Pyrola decorata var. alba (Andres) Y.L.Chou & R.C.Zhou Pyrola handeliana Andres Pyrola oreodoxa Andres |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHS China Southeast, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |