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Solms-laubachia platycarpa (Hook.f. & Thomson) Botsch.  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesSolms-laubachia platycarpa (Hook.f. & Thomson) Botsch. 
BibliographyBot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 17: 171 (1955)
Native RangeTibet to e. Himalaya
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude4200-5800m
Descriptionpetioles ciliate and thickened, leaves lanceolate to suborbiculate, 10-35mm, stem leaves much narrower, sessile, raceme 4-10-flowered, sepals oblong, petals obovate, 12-15mm
Size5-10cm
Colorpale blue, purple
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsParrya finchiana Dunn
Parrya platycarpa Hook.f. & Thomson
Solms-laubachia orbiculata Y.C.Lan & T.Y.Cheo
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHT Tibet)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya)
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