Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Scrophularia dentata Royle ex Benth. |
Bibliography | Scroph. Ind.: 19 (1835) |
Native Range | ne. Afghanistan to Tibet and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-6000m |
Description | leaves subsessile, narrowly oblong, 2-5cm long, shallowly dentate, pinnatisect, panicle terminal, lax, narrow, 5-20cm long, cymules 1-3-flowered, flowers ca. 6mm long |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | purplish red |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Scrophularia kotschyi Hook.f. & Thomson |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |