Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Aphragmus nepalensis (H.Hara) Al-Shehbaz |
Synonyms | Staintoniella nepalensis H.Hara |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 4500-5000m |
Description | long branched rootstock, leaves all basal, ovate, entire, long petiolate, subcarnose, glandular punctate, flowers striate, petals orbiculate, to 5mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent (Nepal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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