Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Chionocharis hookeri (C.B.Clarke) I.M.Johnst. |
Bibliography | Contr. Gray Herb. 73: 66 (1924) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-5300m |
Description | leaves alternate, imbricate, flabellate, 7-12mm, abaxially glabrous, adaxially densely white villose, acute, flowers solitary, thinly pedicellate, corolla campanulate, 7-8mm |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Eritrichium hookeri (C.B.Clarke) Brand Myosotis hookeri C.B.Clarke |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |