Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Shivparvatia rhodantha (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Rabeler |
Bibliography | Phytotaxa 303: 294 (2017) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 4000-5000m |
Description | glabrous, leaves elliptic or ovate, 5-6mm, ciliate, acute, cuspidate, flowers solitary, terminal, pedicellate, sepals violet, petals obovate, 8-9mm long, obtuse |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria rhodantha Pax. & K.Hoffm. Solitaria rhodantha (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Gang Yao |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |