Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
Genus species | Corydalis polyphylla Hand.-Mazz. sect. Polyphyllae |
Bibliography | Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 62: 222 (1925) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3600-5000m |
Description | dark green, basal leaves long petiolate, oval, tripinnatisect, ultimate segments elliptic or lanceolate, acute, flowers 6-15, 16-20mm long, in capitate raceme |
Size | 6-20cm |
Color | blue, purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |