Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium glaciale P.H.Raven |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 368 (1962) |
Native Range | w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | stems simple, glabrous, leaves narrowly elliptic, glabrous, carnose, sparsely denticulate, acuminate, petiolate, inflorescence erect, petals 6-8mm, emarginate, obcordate |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |