Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Pedicularis brevifolia D.Don |
Synonyms | Pedicularis chitralensis Pennell |
Pedicularis lanigera Wall. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | lower leaves petiolate, pinnate, segments oblong, incised-serrate, abaxially villose, upper leaves sessile, flowers sessile in verticillate spike |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory |
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent (Nepal , Pakistan , West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | OROBANCHACEAE
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