Family | DIAPENSIACEAE |
Genus species | Diapensia wardii W.E.Evans |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 233 (1927) |
Native Range | se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3200-3400m |
Description | leaves coriaceous, ovate to broadly elliptic, entire, obtuse, glabrous, abaxially pale green, flowers solitary, terminal, campanulate, 8-10mm long, lobes broadly ovate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | purplish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |