Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Pedicularis chumbica Prain |
Bibliography | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 58: 259 (1889) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | glabrous, basal leaves in dense rosette, petiolate, pinnatisect, segments 8-10 pairs, dentate, inflorescence few-flowered, calyx cylindric-campanulate, corolla 2cm long |
Size | 4-6cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
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) |