Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Genus species | Polygala latouchei Franch. |
Synonyms | Polygala nimborum Dunn |
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 |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China Southeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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