Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Tiarella polyphylla D.Don |
Bibliography | Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 210 (1825) |
Native Range | China to Himalaya and Myanmar, Temp. East Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 1000-4000m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves orbiculate-cordate, 3-7cm wide, shallowly 5-lobate, long hirsute, dentate, flowers pendent, in raceme or narrow panicle, 20-30cm long |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHS China Southeast, CHT Tibet) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea, TAI Taiwan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |