Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
Genus species | Corydalis crassifolia Royle sect. Oocapnos |
Bibliography | Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 68 (1834) |
Native Range | w. Tibet to n. Pakistan and nw. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | rootstock thick and woody, stems reddish, leaves carnose, orbiculate to reniform, simple to trilobate, rounded dentate, flowers in short dense raceme, purple variegate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white, yellowish |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Capnoides crassifolia (Royle) Kuntze Corydalis crassissima Jacquem. ex Cambess. Corydalis physocarpa Cambess. Cysticorydalis crassifolia (Royle) Fedde Cysticorydalis crassissima (Jacquem. ex Cambess) Ikonn. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |