Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Lonicera humilis Kar. & Kir. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 370 (1842) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | deciduous, leaves shortly petiolate, ovate to oblong-ovate, 7-20mm, subcoriaceous, densely adpressed acerose-hirsute, acuminate, flowers 15-20mm long, corolla lobes short |
Size | 12-40cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Caprifolium altmannii (Regel & Schmalh.) Kuntze Caprifolium humile (Kar. & Kir.) Kuntze Caprifolium tenuiflorum (Regel & C.Winkl.) Kuntze Lonicera altmannii Regel & Schmalh. Lonicera altmannii var. hirtipes (Bunge ex E.L.Wolf) Rehder Lonicera altmannii var. latifolia Lipsky Lonicera altmannii var. pilosiuscula Rehder Lonicera cinerea Pojark. Lonicera hirtipes Bunge ex E.L.Wolf Lonicera hispidissima Regel ex E.L.Wolf Lonicera popovii Golosk. Lonicera tenuiflora Regel & C.Winkl. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |