Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Genus species | Polygala sibirica L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 702 (1753) |
Native Range | c. & e. Romania to Temp. Asia and n. Indo-China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 300-3300m |
Description | leaves ovate and lanceolate, acute, racemes axillary, flowers 5-10, 6-7mm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | blue, lilac |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Polygala barthiana Fuss Polygala hakobi (Tamamsch.) Nevski Polygala heyneana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Polygala japonica var. cinerascens Franch. Polygala macropetala Hassk. Polygala monopetala Cambess. Polygala sibirica var. ciliata (Tamamsch.) Nevski Polygala sibirica f. ciliata Tamamsch. Polygala sibirica var. hakobi Tamamsch. Polygala sibirica ssp. heyneana (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Kit Tan Polygala sibirica var. heyneana (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) A.W.Benn. Polygala sibirica f. latifolia (Ledeb.) Regel Polygala sibirica var. latifolia Ledeb. Polygala sibirica var. monopetala (Cambess.) Chodat Polygala sibirica var. stricta Debeaux Polygala venosa B.Heyne ex Wall. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, BAN Bangladesh, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar, VIE Vietnam) |