Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Pedicularis megalochila H.L.Li |
Bibliography | Taiwania 1: 91 (1948) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to Himalya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3800-4600m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, 2-6cm, pinnatifid to pinnatipartite, segments ovate, double dentate, inflorescence racemose, 5-7cm, flowers 25-45mm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | red, yellow |
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) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |