Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Codonopsis viridis Wall. |
Bibliography | Fl. Ind. [W.Roxburgh] 2: 103 (1824) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to Pakistan and nw. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 1200-3000m |
Description | leaves elliptic-oblong, abaxially densely pilose, adaxially minutely hirsute, petiolate, flowers pedicellate, axillary, 3cm long, calyx pilose |
Size | 30-100cm |
Color | pale greenish white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | climber |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division of tubers in late summer |
Synonyms | Campanula viridis (Wall.) Spreng. Codonopsis griffithii C.B.Clarke Codonopsis viridis var. hirsuta Chipp Glosocomia viridis (Wall.) Rupr. Wahlenbergia viridis (Wall.) A.DC. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |