Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Spiraea arcuata Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 2: 325 (1878) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets |
Altitude | 3000-4900m |
Description | compact, leaves 6-15mm, elliptic to obovate, sometimes with apical denticles, flowers 6-8mm across in spherical compact corymb |
Size | 50-100cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Spiraea canescens var. glabra Hook.f. & Thomson Spiraea zabeliana C.K.Schneid. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |