Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Aphragmus minutus (H.Hara) Al-Shehbaz & al. |
Bibliography | Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 184: 220 (2017) |
Native Range | Tibet to Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-5000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, obovate to oblong, 1-4mm, subcarnose, sparsely strigose, obtuse, flowers axillary, solitary, sepals broadly ovate, petals suborbiculate, 2-3mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lilac, violet, white |
Bloom | late spring, 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, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Pegaeophyton garhwalensie H.J.Chowdhery & Sur.Singh Pegaeophyton minutum H.Hara |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |