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Christolea crassifolia Cambess.  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesChristolea crassifolia Cambess. 
SynonymsChristolea afghanica (Rech.f.) Rech.f.
 Christolea incisa O.E.Schulz
 Christolea pamirica O.E.Schulz
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude2500-5500m
Descriptionstem leaves variable, petiolate, coriaceous, pubescent, dentate or entire, flowers 5-7mm across, 10-25, in raceme, pedicellate, silicles broadly linear to oblong-ovoid
Size15-40cm
Colorwhite, rose
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typetuft
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory Asia-Temperate
     Middle Asia (Tadzhikistan )
     Western Asia (Afghanistan )
     China (Qinghai , Tibet , Xinjiang )
Asia-Tropical
     Indian Subcontinent (Nepal , Pakistan , West Himalaya)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
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BRASSICACEAE

Christolea crassifolia Cambess., Voy. Inde [Jacquemont] 4(Bot.): 17 (1841)

Synonyms:
Ermania crassifolia (Cambess.) Ovcz. & Junussov

Christolea afghanica (Rech.f.) Rech.f.
Christolea crassifolia pamirica (Korsh.) Korsh.
Christolea incisa O.E.Schulz
Christolea pamirica O.E.Schulz
Ermania pamirica (Korsh.) Ovcz. & Junussov
Koelzia afghanica Rech.f.
Parrya ramosissima Franch.

Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, Nepal, w. Himalaya
32 TZK 34 AFG 36 CHQ CHT CHX 40 NEP PAK WHM

2500-5500m

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