Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Aphragmus serpens (W.W.Sm.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick |
Bibliography | Canad. J. Bot. 84: 279 (2006) |
Native Range | Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 2600-4300m |
Description | glabrous, leaves 3-5-lobate, petiolate, middle segment oblong or ovate, entire, obtuse, flowers in raceme, sepals oblong, petals broadly obovate, 3-5mm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cochlearia serpens W.W.Sm. Lignariella hobsonii ssp. serpens (W.W.Sm.) H.Hara Lignariella serpens (W.W.Sm.) Al-Shebaz & al. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |