Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Elliottia bracteata (Maxim.) Benth. & Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Gen. Pl. 2: 598 (1876) |
Native Range | s. Kuril Islands to n. & c. Japan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-2700m |
Description | leaves alternate, shortly petiolate, obovate, 1-5cm, obtuse, glabrous, flowers 3-13 in terminal raceme, corolla 1cm long, petals 3, calyx pentamerous, lobes lanceolate, ca. 3mm long |
Size | 30-50cm |
Color | reddish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and in fall; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Botryostege bracteata (Maxim.) Stapf Botryostege bracteata f. longiracemosa (Nakai) H.Hara Cladothamnus bracteatus (Maxim.) T.Yamaz. Elliottia bracteata f. longiracemosa (Nakai) S.W.Brim & P.F.Stevens Tripetaleia bracteata Maxim. Tripetaleia bracteata f. longiracemosa Nakai |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KUR Kuril Is.) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |