Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine loxostemonoides O.E.Schulz |
Synonyms | Cardamine tibetana Rashid & H.Ohba |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 2900-5500m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves pinnate, segments 9-15, narrowly oblong to broadly ovate, 5-15cm long, flowers 15mm across, dark striate, in short raceme |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal , West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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