Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Rhodiola rosea L. |
Synonyms | Rhodiola lapponica Gand. |
Rhodiola sibirica Sweet | |
Sedum rosea (L.) Scop. | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | arctic-alpine |
Description | leaves to 25mm, grey, ovate or oblong, serrate, with smooth base and dorsal midrib, flowers in corymb, tetramerous, petals very narrow, ca. 3mm long |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow-pink |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in summer |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Fřroyar , Great Britain , Iceland , Ireland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Québec ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine , New York , Pennsylvania , Vermont ) Southeastern U.S.A. (North Carolina) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CRASSULACEAE
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