Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine elegantula Hook.f. & Thomson |
Bibliography | J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 146 (1861) |
Native Range | Assam to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 3000-4400m |
Description | stoloniferous, basal leaves pinnate, terminal leaflet ovate, entire, lateral leaflets 4-8, ovate to elliptic, mucronate, flowers 2-5 in raceme, sepals ovate, petals obovate, 6-7mm |
Size | 8-30cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |