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FamilyTHYMELAEACEAE
Genus speciesDaphne aurantiaca Diels 
BibliographyNotes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 285 (1912)
Native Rangesc. China
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocks and scree
Altitude2600-3500m
Descriptionleaves crowded at apex of branchlets, minute, glabrous, obovate, abaxially pale, acute, margins revolute, flowers fragrant, 2-4, terminal, sessile, tube 1cm, lobes obtuse
Size50-120cm
Colororange yellow
Bloomspring
Ca+
Typeshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed when ripe or as soon as possible
cuttings in late summer; layering in spring
SynonymsDaphne aurantiaca var. calcicola (W.W.Sm.) Halda
Daphne calcicola W.W.Sm.
Wikstroemia aurantiaca (Diels) Domke
Wikstroemia aurantiaca var. pulvinata Domke
Wikstroemia calcicola (W.W.Sm.) Domke
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHC China South-Central)
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