Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Genus species | Polygala latouchei Franch. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 206 (1899) |
Native Range | se. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 700-1300m |
Description | leaves crowded in upper part of branchlets, petiolate, ovate-lanceolate to obovate, adaxially white setose, acute, mucronate, flowers in terminal and axillary dense racemes |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose, purplish red |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Polygala nimborum Dunn |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHS China Southeast) |