Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Oresitrophe rupifraga Bunge |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 106 (1835) |
Native Range | n. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
Altitude | 600-2100m |
Description | rootstock thick, scaly, leaves long petiolate, broadly ovate, cordate, 4-8cm, sharply dentate, flowers small, pentamerous, in dense panicle, floral stems hirsute |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | pale pink, white |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 16-18°C division in early spring |
Synonyms | Begonia gemmirhiza H.Lév. Oresitrophe rupifraga var. glabrescens W.T.Wang |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central) |