Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Cassiope myosuroides W.W.Sm. |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 10: 19 (1917) |
Native Range | sc. China to n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | leaves imbricate, elliptic, 2-3mm, coriaceous, adaxially glabrous, acute, with membranous margins, flowers axillary, pedicellate, calyx dark purple, corolla campanulate, 5-8mm |
Size | 4-7cm |
Color | white, reddish |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |