Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Cyananthus lobatus Wall. ex Benth. |
Bibliography | Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [J.F.Royle]: 309 (1836) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and n. Myanmar, nw. India |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2800-5500m |
Description | taproot, stems trailing, thin, reddish, leaves bright green, deeply lobate, flowers inside purple hirsute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | 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 in spring and fall; basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Cyananthus farreri (C.Marquand) C.Marquand Cyananthus insignis R.E.Grahame Cyananthus lobatus f. albiflorus J.Luo & Shu L.Wang Cyananthus lobatus var. farreri C. Marquand |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, BAN Bangladesh, EHM East Himalaya, IND India, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |