Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Metashangrilaia forrestii (W.W.Sm.) Al-Shehbaz & D.A.German |
Bibliography | Novon 25: 14 (2016) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 3700-5000m |
Description | pilose, leaves petiolate, linear, 1-3cm, entire, flowers in raceme, sepals apically purple, ovate or oblong, petals broadly obovate, 4-6mm long |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | purple, rose, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Braya forrestii W.W.Sm. Braya forrestii var. puberula W.T.Wang |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |