Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Solms-laubachia jafrii (Al-Shehbaz) J.P.Yue & al. |
Bibliography | Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95: 534 (2008) |
Native Range | Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-4900m |
Description | leaves petiolate, broadly ovate to oblong, 1-6cm, green, entire, stem leaves absent, raceme 12-35-flowered, sepals oblong, petals obovate, 6-10mm long, obtuse |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | lavender-blue, white |
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 | Phaeonychium jafrii Al-Shehbaz |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |