Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Trollius altaicus C.A.Mey. |
Bibliography | Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer.: 200 (1831) |
Native Range | Altay to Central Asia and w. Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 900-2700m |
Description | leaves petiolate, pentagonal, 7-11cm wide, trisect, middle segment rhombic, trilobate, dentate, lateral segments bipartite, flowers solitary, 3-5cm, sepals 15-18, obovate |
Size | 25-70cm |
Color | orange |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in late summer |
Synonyms | Trollius caucasicus Ledeb. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |