Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Daphne aurantiaca Diels |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 285 (1912) |
Native Range | sc. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 2600-3500m |
Description | leaves crowded at apex of branchlets, minute, glabrous, obovate, abaxially pale, acute, margins revolute, flowers fragrant, 2-4, terminal, sessile, tube 1cm, lobes obtuse |
Size | 50-120cm |
Color | orange yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Daphne 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |