Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Argostemma sarmetosum Wall. |
Bibliography | Fl. Ind. [W. Roxburgh] 2: 324 (1824) |
Native Range | Himalaya to Bangladesh |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | stoloniferous, stems thin, softly pubescent, leaves opposite, elliptic or orbiculate, entire, obtuse, flowers pedicellate, 6-10 in terminal umbel, corolla ca. 15mm |
Size | 7-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (BAN Bangladesh, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |