Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium kingdonii P.H.Raven |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 377 (1962) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | alluvial gravel |
Altitude | 3300-3700m |
Description | leaves crowded, subsessile, ovate, 1-2cm, glabrous, cuneate, obscurely serrulate, acute, inflorescence at first subpendent, flowers suberect, petals 7-8mm long |
Size | 8-25cm |
Color | pink-purple |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |