Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Lonicera oreodoxa Harry Sm. ex Rehder |
Bibliography | J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 381 (1942) |
Native Range | sc. China to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4700-4800m |
Description | deciduous, leaves ovate to broadly ovate-elliptic, 6-12mm, papery, abaxially appressed villose, adaxially sparsely hirsute, flowers tubular, 20-25mm, lobes orbiculate-ovate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer and fall |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |