Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Cassiope abbreviata Hand.-Mazz. |
Bibliography | Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 62: 131 (1925) |
Native Range | sc. China (wc. Sichuan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3800-4000m |
Description | leaves imbricate, 4-rowed, scaly-like, ovate to triangular-ovate, 2-3mm, coriaceous, glabrous, acute, flowers axillary, pendent, calyx red-purple, corolla campanulate, 5-7mm long |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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) |