Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Rhodiola kirilowii (Regel) Maxim. |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 472 (1859) |
Native Range | Central Asia to China and Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2000-5600m |
Description | stem leaves dense, alternate, sessile, linear, 4-6cm long, serrulate, flowers unisexual, sepals linear or triangular, petals oblanceolate to obovate, 3-4mm long |
Size | 15-60cm |
Color | greenish yellow, red |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Rhodiola kirilowii var. latifolia S.H.Fu Rhodiola kirilowii var. rubra (Praeger) H.Jacobsen Rhodiola linearifolia Boriss. Rhodiola longicaulis (Praeger) S.H.Fu Rhodiola macrolepis (Franch.) S.H.Fu Rhodiola robusta (Praeger) S.H.Fu Sedum kirilowii Regel Sedum kirilowii var. rubrum Praeger Sedum longicaule Praeger Sedum macrolepis Franch. Sedum robustum Praeger |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |