Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Hymenolaena candollei DC. |
Bibliography | Prodr. 4: 245 (1830) |
Native Range | e. Afghanistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-5000m |
Description | taproot, leaves petiolate, pinnate, ultimate segments opposite, ovate, base of leaves vaginate, involucral bracts similar to leaves or absent, rays 5-15 |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white, pale rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible |
Synonyms | Hymenolaena latifolia Lindl. Ligusticum candollei Wall. Pleurospermum candollei (DC.) C.B.Clarke |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |