Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Cassiope redowskii (Cham. & Schltdl.) G.Don |
Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 3: 829 (1834) |
Native Range | e. Siberia to Russian Far East |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves sessile, ovate, imbricate, 2-3mm, shiny, at margins setose, flowers axillary, calyx coriaceous, corolla campanulate, 4-6mm long, petals obtuse |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Andromeda columellaris Fisch. ex Herder Andromeda redowskii Cham. & Schltdl. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye) |