Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Aphragmus minutus (H.Hara) Al-Shehbaz & al. |
Synonyms | Pegaeophyton minutum H.Hara |
Pegaeophyton gahrwalensis H.J.Chowdhery & Sur Singh | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-5000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, obovate to oblong, 1-4mm, subcarnose, sparsely strigose, obtuse, flowers axillary, solitary, sepals broadly ovate, petals suborbiculate, 2-3mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lilac, violet, white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | - |
Type | rosette, tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal , West Himalaya ) Indo-China (Myanmar) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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