Family | TAMARICACEAE |
Genus species | Myricaria rosea W.W.Sm. |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 10: 52 (1917) |
Native Range | sc. China to Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | alluvial gravel |
Altitude | 2600-5300m |
Description | leaves grey-green, broadly lanceolate, glandular punctate, 5-10mm long, dense, more or less imbricate, flowers 5-7mm long in compact spike, 3-8cm long |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pink, pinkish purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |