Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium chitralense P.H.Raven |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4000m |
Description | stems basally ramose, glabrous, leaves narrowly ovate, crowded on stem, carnose, glabrous, serrulate, acute, inflorescence erect, petals 3-6mm long, obcordate |
Size | 2-20cm |
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 (Pakistan , 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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