Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Vaccinium nummularia Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 451 (1882) |
Native Range | nw. Yunnan to Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 2400-4000m |
Description | leaves ovate to oblong, 10-23mm, coriaceous, glabrous, margins reflexed, cartilaginous, sparsely denticulate, inflorescence racemose, terminal and axillary |
Size | 50-70cm |
Color | rose, white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | - |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Vaccinium nummularia var. oblongifolium C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |