Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Eriophyton wallichii Benth. |
Bibliography | Edwards‘s Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1289, no. 45 (1829) |
Native Range | China to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 2700-5400m |
Description | lanate, stem leaves rhombic to orbiculate, 3-4cm, at apex crenate to serrate, acute, bracts spinescent, 12mm long, whorls 6-flowered, flowers 20-28mm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple, reddish |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Eriophyton wallichianum Hook.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |