Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium glaciale P.H.Raven |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | stems simple, glabrous, leaves narrowly elliptic, glabrous, carnose, sparsely denticulate, acuminate, petiolate, inflorescence erect, petals 6-8mm, emarginate, obcordate |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
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 winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent (West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ONAGRACEAE
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