Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Cortiella hookeri (C.B.Clarke) C.Norman |
Bibliography | J. Bot. 75: 94 (1937) |
Native Range | Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 3900-5500m |
Description | leaves pinnate, segments bipinnatisect, ultimate segments linear-lanceolate, umbel compound, sessile, umbellules 10-15mm, calyx lobes linear-filiform |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white, pale rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cortia hookeri C.B.Clarke Cortiella cauwetmarciana Farille & S.B.Malla Cortiella glacialis Bonner Pleurosperma glacialis (Bonner) M.Hiroe Schulzia hookeri (C.B.Clarke) M.Hiroe |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |