Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Hymenolaena candollei DC. |
Synonyms | Pleurospermum candollei (DC.) C.B.Clarke |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-5000m |
Description | taproot, leaves petiolate, pinnate, ultimate segments opposite, ovate, base of leaves vaginate, involucral bracts similar to leaves or absent, rays 5-15 |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white, pale rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Afghanistan ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | APIACEAE
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