Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Ceratostigma griffithii C.B.Clarke |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 481 (1882) |
Native Range | sw. Tibet to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2200-4000m |
Description | leaves spathulate to obovate, 2-5cm, on both faces densely strigose, acute, inflorescence axillary and terminal, flower 15-19mm, tube purple, lobes emarginate |
Size | 40-90cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in early and late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |