Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Chorispora macropoda Trautv. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 33(I): 109 (1860) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Xinjiang and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2200-4500m |
Description | glandular, basal leaves petiolate, broadly oblanceolate, 5-30mm, entire to pinnatipartite, flowers in raceme, sepals yellowish, ovate, petals broadly obovate, emarginate, 7-10mm |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pink, white, 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 spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chorispora pectinata Hadač Chorispora sibirica Regel & Herder Chorispora songarica var. tarbagataica Schischk. Solms-laubachia pamirica C.H.An |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |