Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine calthifolia H.Lév. |
Bibliography | Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 24: 281 (1914) |
Native Range | s. China to Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 2400-3000m |
Description | sparsely pilose, basal leaves carnose, petiolate, reniform, glabrous, stem leaves similar, smaller, flowers in raceme, pedicellate, sepals ovate, petals obovate, 7-10mm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pink, violet, white |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHS China Southeast) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |