Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Nardostachys jatamansi (Jones) DC. |
Synonyms | Valeriana jatamansii Jones |
Nardostachys chinensis Batalin | |
Nardostachys gracilis Kitam. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2500-5000m |
Description | sweetly aromatic, leaves spathulate to elliptic-lanceolate, 5-15cm long, flowers 1-2cm long, tubular, lobes spreading, in dense, pendent head |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | pinkish purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , China North-Central , Qinghai , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Bangladesh , 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 | CAPRIFOLIACEAE
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