Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Aquilegia lactiflora Kar. & Kir. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 374 (1841) |
Native Range | Central Asia to nw. Xinjiang and w. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1600-3100m |
Description | basal leaves long petiolate, ternate, abaxially pubescent, adaxially subglabrous, middle leaflet cuneate-obovate, tripartite, flowers 2-5, pendent, 25mm long, spur straight |
Size | 40-80cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring |
Synonyms | Aquilegia coelestis Fed. Aquilegia darwazii Korsh. Aquilegia lactiflora var. dichroantha Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Aquilegia lactiflora var. leucantha Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Aquilegia moorcroftiana var. lactiflora (Kar. & Kir.) Korsh. Aquilegia vulgaris ssp. lactiflora (Kar. & Kir.) Brühl |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |