Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Aphragmus oxycarpus (Hook.f. & Thomson) Jafri |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 96 (1956) |
Native Range | ne. Afghanistan to w. & sc. China |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 3300-5800m |
Description | basal leaves subcarnose, petiolate, oblong, 5-20mm long, glabrous, stem leaves similar, flowers in raceme, sepals often purple, glabrous, petals broadly obovate, 3-5mm long |
Size | 2-10cm |
Color | lilac, pale pink |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Aphragmus oxycarpus var. glaber (Vassilcz.) C.H.An Aphragmus oxycarpus var. microcarpus C.H.An Aphragmus oxycarpus var. stenocarpus (O.E.Schulz) G.C.Das Aphragmus przewalskii (Maxim.) A.L.Ebel Aphragmus stewartii O.E.Schulz Aphragmus tibeticus O.E.Schulz Braya foliosa Pamp. Braya oxycarpa Hook.f. & Thomson Braya oxycarpa f. glabra Vassilcz. Braya oxycarpa var. stenocarpa O.E.Schulz Braya rubicunda Franch. Eutrema przewalskii Maxim. Lignariella duthiei Naqshi |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |