Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Codonopsis thalictrifolia Wall. |
Bibliography | Fl. Ind. [W.Roxburgh] 2: 106 (1824) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3300-5300m |
Description | perennial with erect stems, leaves small, ovate, covered with tiny trichomes, corolla thinly pedicellate, pendent, tubular, 3-5cm long and 2cm across |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | bluish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division of tubers in late summer |
Synonyms | Campanula thalictrifolia (Wall.) Spreng. Glosocomia tenera D.Don Glosocomia thalictrifolia Wall. Wahlenbergia thalictrifolia (Wall.) A.DC. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |