Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Eutrema fontanum (Maxim.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick |
Synonyms | Dilophia fontana Maxim. |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-5300m |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, 4-10mm, upwards smaller, obtuse, flowers in compact raceme, sepals oblong, petals obovate or spathulate, 2-6mm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white, lavender |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | 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 (China South-Central , China North-Central , Qinghai , Tibet) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
fontanum microspermum (Al-Shehbaz & G.Yang) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick, Harvard Pap. Bot. 10(2): 132 (2005)
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