Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Pedicularis robusta Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 4: 306 (1884) |
Native Range | s. & se. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 5000-5300m |
Description | leaves alternate, petiolate, narrowly oblong, 2-3cm long, pinnatifid, segments ovate, crenate-dentate, inflorescence dense, flowers 30-35mm long |
Size | 2-6cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |