Family | DIAPENSIACEAE |
Genus species | Shortia uniflora (Maxim.) Maxim. |
Bibliography | Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 16: 225 (1871) |
Native Range | Japan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 200-600m |
Description | leaves thinly petiolate, orbiculate to elliptic, 3-7cm long, obtusely serrate, glabrous, flowers axillary, pedicellate, campanulate, 15-25mm long, lobes laciniate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Sherwoodia uniflora (Maxim.) House Schizocodon uniflorus Maxim. Shortia uniflora f. albens Honda Shortia uniflora var. macrophylla Honda |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |