Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Valeriana chionophila Popov & Kult. |
Bibliography | Trudy Turkestansk. Gosud. Univ. 4: 65 (1922) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 700-2000m |
Description | leaves to 3cm or longer, ovate, shallowly lobate to pinnatipartite, flowers in large, spherical to broadly conical panicle |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring; basal cuttings in late spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |