Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Codonopsis meleagris Diels |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 172 (1912) |
Native Range | China (nw. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4000m |
Description | ascendent stems, leaves sessile, elliptic-ovate, corolla campanulate, inside purple-violet, at base green and yellow punctate, leaves crowded basally on stems |
Size | 40-90cm |
Color | bluish green |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division of tubers in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |