Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Cassiope membranifolia R.C.Fang |
Bibliography | Novon 9: 162 (1999) |
Native Range | sc. China (nw. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3500-3700m |
Description | leaves imbricate, suborbiculate, 1-2mm, coriaceous, glabrous, with distinct membranous margin, flowers solitary, axillary, pedicellate, calyx purple, corolla campanulate |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |