Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Sibbaldia perpusilla (Hook.f.) Chatterjee |
Synonyms | Potentilla perpusilla Hook.f. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3200-4600m |
Description | velutinous-hirsute, leaves ternate, leaflets obovate-cuneate, truncate, trifid, flowers in short cyme, tetramerous, flowers 5mm across, petals narrowly obovate |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, carpet |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer and fall |
Territory |
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ROSACEAE
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