Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Genus species | Polygala saxicola Dunn |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35: 486 (1903) |
Native Range | s. China to Vietnam |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1200-2100m |
Description | leaves petiolate, obovate or elliptic, papery, abaxially scabrous, adaxially white setose, entire, obtuse, mucronate, flowers crowded in terminal raceme |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | rose, purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Heterosamara saxicola (Dunn) Paiva |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHS China Southeast) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (VIE Vietnam) |