Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Cassiope ericoides (Pall.) D.Don |
Synonyms | Andromeda ericoides Pall. |
Erica asiatica Waitz | |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves shiny, thick, lanceolate, obtuse, at margins long setose, flowers axillary, solitary, pendent, shortly pedicellate, calyx white, corolla campanulate, 4mm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellowish white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub, cushion |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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