Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium aitchisonii P.H.Raven |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 376 (1962) |
Native Range | n. Pakistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | alluvial gravel |
Altitude | 3000-3500m |
Description | stems glabrous, basal leaves opposite, the upper alternate, petiolate, narrowly ovate, acute, minutely serrate, 2-4cm, inflorescence densely strigose, petals obcordate, 3-4mm long |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | rose-purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly 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 (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |