Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Solms-laubachia pulcherrima Muschl. |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 206 (1912) |
Native Range | sc. China to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 3300-5200m |
Description | glabrous, leaves petiolate, thickish, lanceolate to linear, 15-55mm, ciliate, flowers solitary, sepals oblong, petals broadly obovate, 17-20mm long |
Size | 3-9cm |
Color | pink, pale blue |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C rosette cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Parrya ciliaris Bureau & Franch. Pegaeophyton sinense var. stenophyllum O.E.Schulz Solms-laubachia ciliaris (Bureau & Franch.) Botsch. Solms-laubachia pulcherrima f. angustifolia O.E.Schulz Solms-laubachia pulcherrima f. atrichophylla Hand.-Mazz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |