Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Mitchella undulata Siebold & Zucc. |
Bibliography | Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 175 (1846) |
Native Range | s. Kuril Islands to Japan, se. China, South Korea, Taiwan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | branches glabrous, leaves opposite, acute, subtriangular, dark shiny green, sinuate, flowers in pairs, base tubular, in mouth wider, tetramerous, fragrant, fruit red |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Mitchella repens ssp. undulata (Siebold & Zucc.) H.Hara Mitchella repens var. undulata (Siebold & Zucc.) Makino Mitchella undulata f. minor (Masam.) Sugim. Mitchella undulata var. minor Masam. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KUR Kuril Is.) 36 China (CHS China Southeast) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea, TAI Taiwan) |