Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Dilophia salsa Thomson |
Bibliography | Hooker‘s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 20 (1853) |
Native Range | Central Asia to n. China and Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 2200-5500m |
Description | glabrous, leaves spathulate to linear, 6-20mm, carnose, dentate, obtuse, flowers 1-many in corymb, sepals erect, broadly ovate, petals spathulate, 2-3mm long, obtuse |
Size | 2-10cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Dilophia dutreuilii Franch. Dilophia kaschgarica Rupr. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |