Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Pedicularis schizorrhyncha Prain |
Bibliography | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 58: 260 (1889) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. Himalaya and e. Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 3700-4200m |
Description | glabrous, stems numerous, thin, leaves mainly basal, petiolate, ca. 9mm, pinnatisect, segments 6-8 pairs, ovate, inflorescence racemose, 3-4-flowered, corolla ca. 15mm |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |