Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
Genus species | Eomecon chionantha Hance |
Bibliography | J. Bot. 22: 346 (1884) |
Native Range | s. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 1400-1800m |
Description | leaves cordate-reniform to sagittate, lobate, glabrous, pale green, flowers tetramerous in few flowered, terminal raceme, petals 10-20 long |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, moist, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHS China Southeast) |