Family | EUPHORBIACEAE |
Genus species | Euphorbia alpina Ledeb. |
Bibliography | Icon. Pl. Fl. Ross. 2: 26 (1830) |
Native Range | Altay to Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | leaves broadly elliptic to subovate, obtuse, inflorescence corymbose-paniculate, bracts 5-8mm, broadly ovate to orbiculate |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Euphorbia alpina var. rupicola Baikov Euphorbia cerinthifolia Fisch. ex Boiss. Euphorbia drastica Siev. Euphorbia sibirica Fisch. ex Boiss. Tithymalus alpinus (Ledeb.) Klotzsch & Garcke |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |