Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Pycnoplinthus uniflora (Hook.f. & Thomson) O.E.Schulz |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 105(86): 199 (1924) |
Native Range | w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-5200m |
Description | leaves petiolate, linear, 1-2cm, subcarnose, entire, obtuse or acute, flowers solitary, long pedicellate, from centre of rosette, petals obovate, 6-8mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | late spring, 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 spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Braya uniflora Hook.f. & Thomson Hesperis uniflora (Hook.f. & Thomson) Kuntze Sisymbrium uniflorum (Hook.f. & Thomson) E.Fourn. |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |