Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Pedicularis tenuicaulis Prain |
Bibliography | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 58: 259 (1889) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3800-4300m |
Description | glabrous, stem leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate-oblong, pinnatisect, segments 6-8 pairs, ovate-lanceolate, pinnatifid, dentate, flowers axillary, corolla ca. 1cm |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | |
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 winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |