Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
Genus species | Corydalis tibetoalpina C.Y.Wu & T.Y.Shu sect. Latiflorae |
Bibliography | Fl. Xizang. 2: 294 (1985) |
Native Range | w. Tibet to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 5000-5400m |
Description | glabrous, glaucous, lower leaves numerous, petiolate, vaginate, oblong, bipinnate, ultimate segments imbricate, obovate, carnose, flowers 3-6 in compact raceme |
Size | 4-7cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |