Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Chimaphila taiwaniana Masam. |
Bibliography | Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 23: 205 (1933) |
Native Range | Taiwan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 2600-3000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, dark green, narrowly elliptic, 1-3cm, sub coriaceous, cuneate, sparsely dentate, acute, mucronate, flowers solitary, ca. 1cm across, petals oblong-orbiculate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in early and late summer |
Synonyms | Chimaphila japonica var. taiwaniana (Masam.) C.F.Hsieh Chimaphila monticola ssp. taiwaniana (Masam.) Hid.Takah. Chimaphila monticola var. taiwaniana (Masam.) S.S.Ying |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (TAI Taiwan) |