Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Pedicularis labellata Decne. |
Bibliography | Voy. Inde 4(Bot.): 118 (1843) |
Native Range | w. & c. China to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4500m |
Description | stems glabrous, nitid, basal leaves crowded, petiolate, linear-oblong, pinnatisect, segments ovate, dentate, subglabrous, inflorescence short, racemose, corolla to 25mm |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | rose, violet-purple |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Pedicularis biondiana Diels Pedicularis rhinanthoides ssp. labellata (Decne.) Pennell Pedicularis rhinanthoides var. labellata (Decne.) Prain |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |