Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium gouldii P.H.Raven |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 371 (1962) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-4400m |
Description | leaves sessile, ovate, 2-3cm, subglabrous, sharply serrate, acute or shortly acuminate, inflorescence and flowers slightly pendent, sepals sparsely strigose, petals 3-5mm |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pink-purple |
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 early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |