Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Morina nepalensis D.Don |
Bibliography | Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 161 (1825) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2800-4500m |
Description | leaves entire, opposite, linear-oblong, obtuse, setose, glabrescent, flowers in head, sessile, calyx campanulate, corolla hirsute, tetramerous, achene glabrous |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
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 spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Acanthocalyx nepalensis (D.Don) M.J.Cannon Morina betonicoides Benth. Morina nana Wall. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (BAN Bangladesh, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |